 John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936, at a United States Navy hospital at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone, which at that time was considered to be among the unincorporated territories of the United States. His parents were Navy officer John S. "Jack" McCain, Jr. (1911 – 1981) and Roberta (Wright) McCain (born 1912). McCain is of Scots-Irish and English ancestry.
