Personal Life and Career
Conway was born in Louisville, Kentucky to a Catholic family, the eldest of four siblings. His parents are Tom, a Louisville lawyer, and Barbara Conway.
A graduate of St. Xavier High School, Jack Conway earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University, in 1991 and worked as legislative aide to the U.S. House Banking Committee from 1991 to 1997. He graduated with a Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School in 1995 and worked as legal counsel and deputy cabinet secretary in the administration of Kentucky Governor Paul Patton from 1995 to 2001. Starting in 2001, he worked as a private attorney for Conliffe Sandman Sullivan. On May 20, 2006, Conway married Elizabeth Davenport and they have two daughters named Eva and Alex.
Conway and his father are partners in thoroughbred racehorse Stately Victor, named after Jack's childhood best friend who died at age 23. On April 11, 2010 the colt won the Grade I Blue Grass Stakes and later ran in the Kentucky Derby.
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