If you watched the Presidential debates or have a social media presence, you have likely heard of Ken Bone. But who really is this lovable meme?
- Ken Bone is a coal plant operator at Prairie State Generating Company.
- Bone graduated from the ITT Technical institute.
- Bone’s wife, Heather dressed him in the iconic red sweater he wore to the debate.
- Bone was going to wear an olive suit instead of the red sweater but his pants split. Bone had initially picked out a suit but when he got into his car to drive to the debate, he split the back of his pants open.
- Before his fame, Bone had seven twitter followers, two of whom were his grandmother.
- Bone pledged to donate 10 percent of the profits from his t-shirts to St. Patrick Center, an organization that works to fight homelessness in his hometown in Illinois.
- At the presidential debate he was undecided, now he is leaning towards Trump. In an interview after the debate Bone stated that he might be voting for Trump.
- Bone is starring in an ad for Izod,the brand that makes his iconic red sweater.
- Bone’s signature sweater sold out at the department store Kohl’s within 24 hours of the debate.
- Bone’s old reddit account “StanGibson18” shows a different side of the new American sweetheart. StanGibson18 is linked to crude posts about women and admitted to have committed felony insurance fraud.