13 things about Potomac, Maryland’s John Delaney

John Kevin Delaney is a resident of Potomac, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. He was born and raised in Wood-Ridge, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA.

BIOGRAPHY

Delaney is an American politician and businessman. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He is Jack Delaney and Elaine Rowe Delaney‘s son.
2. He is an alumnus of Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, Bergen County, Columbia University in New York City, New York, USA and Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., USA.
3. He and April McClain Delaney have four daughters together namely Summer McClain Delaney, Brooke McClain Delaney, Lily McClain Delaney and Grace McClain Delaney.
4. In 1985, he earned his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University.
5. In 1988, he earned his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center where he met April.
6. In 1989, he married April in Sun Valley, Idaho.
7. In 1993, he co-founded Health Care Financial Partners (HCFP), which went public in 1996 and was acquired by Heller Financial in 1999.
8. In 2000, he co-founded CapitalSource, a commercial lender based in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
9. In 2004, he won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
10. In February 2006, his uncle John Wallis Rowe retired as chairman and chief executive officer of Aetna Inc., a health insurance company based in Hatford, Connecticut, USA.
11. From January 3, 2013 to January 3, 2019, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the sixth district of Maryland.
12. In 2020, he was a candidate in the Democratic presidential primaries.
13. On April 16, 2025, he turned 62.

TIMELINE

Delaney is a former attorney. He is a Democrat.

2017

• On July 18, 2017, he became the first Democrat to announce his run for U.S. president in 2020.

2018

• David Trone was elected to succeed him in the U.S. Congress and endorsed him for U.S. president in 2020.

2019

• In June 2019, he claimed during a debate that hospitals would be shuttered under Medicare for All.

2020

• On January 31, 2020, he suspended his U.S. presidential campaign.
• On March 6, 2020, he endorsed Joe Biden, who went on to defeated Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election on November 3, 2020.