American author, politician, and former Marine Jim Webb was the US Senator from Virginia from 2007 to 2013. He is a qualified lawyer and initially served the US Marines in the Vietnam War. He has also been the 1st Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs and the 66th US Secretary of the Navy. A Republican before 2006, he later switched to the Democratic Party. As a senator, he has worked on areas such as criminal justice, veterans’ rights, and foreign relations. He has penned several bestselling novels and a few non-fiction books, too, including one on cultural history. He has written film scripts and several articles, too. His coverage of the US Marines in Beirut won him an Emmy. The father of six has been divorced twice and now lives in Northern Virginian with his lawyer wife, Hong Le Webb.
