41 Facts About Ronny Jackson

Ronny Lynn Jackson was born on May 4,1967 and is an American physician, politician, and former United States Navy officer who has served as the US representative for since 2021.

In March 2018, Trump nominated Jackson to be US secretary of veterans affairs to succeed David Shulkin, but Jackson withdrew the following month amid allegations of misconduct and mismanagement during his service in the White House.

Ronny Jackson retired from the Navy as a rear admiral in December 2019.

In 2021, an investigation by the Defense Department inspector general found that Ronny Jackson had engaged in various inappropriate behaviors as an admiral; the following year, the Navy retroactively demoted him to the rank of captain.

Ronny Jackson continued to represent himself as an admiral until his demotion was brought to light in 2024.

Ronny Jackson was born to Waymon and Norma Ronny Jackson and raised in Levelland, Texas.

Ronny Jackson has two siblings, Gary and Stacy Jackson, who are both employed in Levelland's Covenant Hospital.

Ronny Jackson attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch, receiving his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1995.

Ronny Jackson became a Navy officer after graduating from medical school in 1995.

Ronny Jackson graduated from the Undersea Medical Officer Program in 1996.

Ronny Jackson had a series of operational postings, as officer-in-charge and diving medical officer at Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8 at the naval base in Sigonella, Sicily, and diving safety officer at the Naval Safety Command in Norfolk, Virginia.

Ronny Jackson was a clinical faculty physician in the Emergency Medical Residency Program at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth for an additional year before being deployed to Iraq in 2005, where he worked as emergency medicine physician with a surgical shock trauma platoon in Taqaddum.

In June 2006, Ronny Jackson became a physician in the White House Medical Unit, ultimately working under three presidents.

Ronny Jackson became WHMU director in May 2010, and in July 2013 was given the additional title of Physician to the President.

In January 2017, Ronny Jackson made headlines after treating a girl who was bitten by Sunny, one of the Obamas' dogs.

Ronny Jackson held the Navy rank of captain from May 1,2010, to October 1,2016, when he was promoted to rear admiral.

Ronny Jackson was nominated for promotion to the two-star rank of rear admiral on March 20,2018, but the Senate Committee on Armed Services returned the nomination to the president on January 3,2019, without action.

Ronny Jackson was renominated by Trump for promotion again on January 15,2019, but it was again returned to the president without action.

Ronny Jackson retired from the Navy on December 1,2019, as a rear admiral.

On March 28,2018, Trump announced that he planned to nominate Ronny Jackson to succeed David Shulkin as Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Ronny Jackson withdrew from consideration for Secretary of Veterans Affairs on April 26,2018, after the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs began formally investigating the allegations.

Ronny Jackson insisted that the allegations were "completely false and fabricated" and said he was withdrawing because the controversy had become a distraction for Trump and his agenda.

Ronny Jackson returned to work in the White House Medical Unit but did not return to his position as Trump's personal physician; he was replaced in that position by Navy officer Sean Conley, who had taken over that role a month earlier in an acting capacity.

On December 9,2019, Ronny Jackson filed to run for Congress in Texas's 13th congressional district.

Ronny Jackson opposes mask mandates to halt the spread of COVID-19.

Later on January 6,2021, during the certification of the 2020 election, Ronny Jackson objected to certifying Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes.

On May 19,2021, Ronny Jackson voted against legislation to establish the formation of a January 6 commission meant to investigate the storming of the US Capitol.

On May 2,2022, the January 6 committee released a letter to Ronny Jackson requesting he meet with the committee; in response, Ronny Jackson released a statement calling the committee "illegitimate".

In June 2021, Ronny Jackson was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against legislation to establish June 19, or Juneteenth, as a federal holiday.

In November 2021, Ronny Jackson created a conspiracy theory that Democrats made up the Omicron variant of COVID-19 as "a reason to push unsolicited nationwide mail-in ballots" and to "cheat" in the upcoming midterm elections.

In May 2022, the Office of Congressional Ethics reported that there was "substantial reason" to believe that Ronny Jackson had used campaign funds for personal use, to pay for unlimited access for himself and his wife to the Amarillo Club, a private dining club in Amarillo, Texas.

Ronny Jackson refused to cooperate with the Congressional investigation, and his campaign's treasurer and accounting firm refused to provide requested documents to investigators.

In December of 2024, Ronny Jackson was cleared by the House Ethics Committee.

In December 2022, according to The Intercept, Ronny Jackson falsely claimed that California representative Katie Porter had asserted that "pedophilia is not a crime" but "an identity", referring to an edited video of a congressional hearing.

Ronny Jackson was among the 71 Republicans who were joined by 46 Democrats to vote against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.

In July 2024, Ronny Jackson introduced the Wildfire Victim Tax Relief and Recovery Act which exclude Texas Panhandle wildfire relief payments provided by the United States Government from gross income so that the relief payments isn't included in income tax calculations.

Ronny Jackson has an "F" rating from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws for his voting history regarding cannabis-related causes.

Ronny Jackson voted against the 2022 PACT ACT, which expanded VA benefits to veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during their military service.

Ronny Jackson voted against the 2022 MORE Act, which proposes the federal decriminalization of cannabis and whose passage was supported by the Disabled American Veterans group.

In July 2023, Ronny Jackson was briefly detained by law enforcement in White Deer, Texas, during a rodeo.

Video of the incident provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety showed that Ronny Jackson tried to help a teenager suffering from a seizure.