Conversation so far:
Where was Ryan born?
Paul Davis Ryan Jr.
was born in Janesville, Wisconsin.
Where did Ryan go to school?
Ryan attended St.
Mary's Catholic School in Janesville, where he played on the seventh-grade basketball team.
Did he do anything noteworthy in school?
then attended Joseph A.
Craig High School, where he was elected president of his junior class, and thus became prom king.
Where did he attend college?
Ryan has a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Did he graduate with honors?
with Hart's recommendation Ryan began an internship in the D.C.
office of Wisconsin U.S.
Senator Bob Kasten.
What jobs did he have before becoming involved in politics?
Following his second year, Ryan took a job working the grill at McDonald's.
What else did he do for employment?
Ryan began an internship in the D.C.
office of Wisconsin U.S.
Senator Bob Kasten where he worked with Kasten's foreign affairs adviser.
Is there anything else interesting about his early life?
When he was 16, Ryan found his 55-year-old father lying dead in bed of a heart attack.

Question: Is his mother still alive?
Self-contained rewrite: Is Paul Ryan's mother still alive?