Robert "Bo" Hines was born on August 29,1995 and is an American former college football player from North Carolina.
18 Facts About Bo Hines
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Bo Hines played college football for the NC State Wolfpack and Yale Bulldogs.
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In January 2025, Bo Hines became the executive director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets in Donald Trump's second administration.
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Bo Hines attended Charlotte Christian School, where he played football as a wide receiver.
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Bo Hines attended North Carolina State University to play college football for the NC State Wolfpack.
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Bo Hines led NC State with 45 receptions and 616 receiving yards, including three passes for 79 yards in the 2014 St Petersburg Bowl.
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In 2015, Bo Hines transferred to Yale University because of his interest in politics.
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Bo Hines played in four games for the Yale Bulldogs during the 2015 season, catching 11 passes for 134 yards, but missed the rest of the season and the 2016 season due to a separated shoulder that required surgery.
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Bo Hines received his Juris Doctor degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2022.
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In January 2021, Bo Hines announced that he would run as a Republican for the United States House of Representatives in, held by Republican Virginia Foxx.
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Bo Hines lived in Winston-Salem, the heart of the old 5th, but he was in the process of moving to Fuquay-Varina in the new 13th.
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In 2024, it was announced that Bo Hines would join the Trump administration as Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, effective January 20,2025.
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On May 17,2022, Bo Hines won the Republican primary against seven opponents, garnering 32 percent of the vote and defeating his closest opponent by nearly double digits.
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Bo Hines narrowly lost the election to Democratic state Senator Wiley Nickel.
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In May 2022, Business Insider reported that Bo Hines was funding the majority of his campaign with a trust fund.
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Campaign finance disclosures show that only 28 percent of Bo Hines' race was self-funded, with a majority of campaign contributions coming from individual donors.
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Bo Hines filed papers in November 2023 to run as a Republican in North Carolina's 6th Congressional district.
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The couple divorced in July 2019, and Bo Hines married Mary Charles Bryson in July 2021.