This undated photo provided by the Ryan family shows Paul Ryan after a hunt. In the days since Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney selected Ryan for

This undated photo provided by the Ryan family shows Paul Ryan after a hunt. In the days since Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney selected Ryan for the vice presidential slot on the Republican ticket, the now 42-year-old congressman's biography has become instant folklore. Lifelong resident of a little city in the heartland, embracing new responsibilities as a teen after the sudden death of his father. Devoted husband and father, devout Roman Catholic, avid deer hunter, fisherman and fitness buff. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Ryan Family)