Early Life and Education
Carville, the oldest of eight children, was born in Carville, Louisiana, the son of Lucille (née Normand), a former school teacher who sold World Book Encyclopedias door-to-door, and Chester James Carville, a postmaster as well as owner of a general store. The town of Carville was named after his paternal grandfather, Louis Arthur Carville, the postmaster. He is of mostly Cajun (French) descent, and also has Irish (from his patrilineal great-grandfather), Danish, and German ancestry. Carville attended Ascension Catholic High School in Donaldsonville, Louisiana.
He received his undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from Louisiana State University. During his undergraduate years at LSU, Carville was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. He served for two years in the United States Marine Corps.
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