--- title: Tim Kaine's Career in Photos description: Take a look back at the political career of Hillary Clinton's running mate, Tim Kaine canonical: https://time.com/4419290/tim-kaine-hillary-clinton-photos/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-23T00:33:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:43:53.607Z article:section: Politics og:title: Tim Kaine's Career in Photos og:description: Meet Hillary Clinton's new running mate og:url: https://time.com/4419290/tim-kaine-hillary-clinton-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96fd7172a2b78ab6/69889ed9ab6d771a166aa94b/hillary-clinton-tim-kaine-running-mate-vp-18.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) react during a campaign rally at Ernst Community Cultural Center in Annandale, Virginia, U.S. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tim Kaine's Career in Photos twitter:description: Meet Hillary Clinton's new running mate twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96fd7172a2b78ab6/69889ed9ab6d771a166aa94b/hillary-clinton-tim-kaine-running-mate-vp-18.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tim Kaine's Career in Photos > Sponsored content. 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Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine react during a campaign rally at Ernst Community Cultural Center in Annandale, Virginia on July 14, 2016.Carlos Barria—Reuters by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 23, 2016 12:33 AM UTC [Tim Kaine has been officially named Hillary Clinton’s vice-presidential running mate](http://time.com/4419165/hillary-clinton-tim-kaine-vice-president-running-mate/). The U.S. Senator from Virginia attended the University of Missouri and Harvard Law School, and has had a long career in politics, also serving as lieutenant governor and governor in Virginia before embarking on the road to the White House. He campaigned with Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential bid and will now appear with Clinton at numerous rallies in the months to come. Take a look back at Kaine’s political career.  Tim Kaine, right, during his junior year at Rockhurst High School in Kansas, Mo. in 1975. Seth Poppel—Yearbook Library  Candidate for Va. Lt Gov. Tim Kaine at Herndon Homecoming Parade in Herndon, Va. on Oct. 06, 2001. Tracy A. Woodward—The Washington Post/Getty Images  Surrounded by supporters and local politicians, Virginia Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine celebrates during a campaign kick-off rally for his gubernatorial race at Old dominion University in Norfolk, Va., on March 16, 2005. Vicki Cronis—AP  Senator Barack Obama, left, lends support to Tim Kaine who is running for Va.. Governor in Arlington, Va. on July 20, 2005. Gerald Martineau—The Washington Post/Getty Images  Virginia Democratic candidate for governor, Tim Kaine, appears at a rally at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. on Oct. 30, 2005. Joe Mahoney—The Richmond Times-Dispatch/AP  Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine and Aylor Middle School student Ryan Magalis, 11, left, work together on a word game in a gifted resource enlightment study hall at the school in Stephens City, Va. on Oct. 17, 2006. Scott Mason—AP  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid left, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine center and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi pose for photographs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 31, 2006. Joshua Roberts—Reuters  Former First lady Laura Bush, right, accompanied by Former President Bush, Anne Holton, wife of Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine and Gov. Kaine, lays flowers at a memorial for the Virginia Tech shootings victims in Blacksburg, Va.on April 17, 2007. Gerald Herbert—AP  Members of the Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets, left, and the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, right, salute as Queen Elizabeth II and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine enter the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, on May 3, 2007. Bob Brown—AP  Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine speaks to the media after he toured an area that suffered damaged from one of a spate of tornados to touch down in the Elephant's Fork area of Suffolk, Va. on April 29, 2008. Alex Wong—Getty Images  Mark Warner, Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama and Virginia Governor Tim Kaine raise their arms together during a campaign event at the Richmond Coliseum on Oct. 22, 2008. Joe Raedle—Getty Images  Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine gestures as he speaks during his portrait unveiling ceremony in Richmond on Jan. 5, 2010. Steve Helber—AP  Former Governor of Virginia and Democratic U.S. Sen. candidate Tim Kaine attends a candlelight vigil held on campus at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. on April 16, 2012. Jared Soares—Getty Images  U.S. Senator-elect Tim Kaine hugs his wife Anne Holton as he celebrates his senate race victory on stage with supporters in Richmond on Nov. 6, 2012. Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Ben Cardin, Sen. Joe Manchin and Sen. Chris Coons confer before the testimony of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey as they appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the topic of "The Authorization of Use of Force in Syria" in Washington on Sept. 3, 2013. Win McNamee—Getty Images  Sen. Tim Kaine, listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the persistent North Korea denuclearization and human rights challenge, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington on Oct. 20, 2015. Al Drago—Roll Call/Getty Images  Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine react during a campaign rally at Ernst Community Cultural Center in Annandale, Virginia on July 14, 2016. 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