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Kristol is the son of Irving Kristol, considered to be one of the founders of the neoconservative movement and Gertrude Himmelfarb, a Victorian scholar. Kristol graduated in 1970 from the Collegiate School, an elite preparatory school for boys located in Manhattan. In 1973 he received the B.A. from Harvard University graduating magna cum laude, and in 1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings. the Ph.D.Doctor of Philosophy Ph. an abbreviation for the Latin Philosophiae Doctor , or in non-Anglo-Saxon (e. German and Scandinavian) usage Doctor philosophi Dr. was originally a degree granted by a university to a learned individual who had achieved the approv in political sciencePolitical science is the study of politics. It involves the study of structure and process in government or any equivalent system that attempts to assure safety, fairness, and closure across a broad range of risks and access to a broad range of commons fo, also from Harvard. During his first year of graduate school, Kristol was Alan KeyesAlan Lee Keyes (born August 7, 1950) is an American politician and diplomat, considered one of the leading African Americans in the Republican Party. He served in the U. Foreign Service, appointed Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the Unite' roommate; this is significant, because many years later, in 19881988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 2 Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 Australia celebrates its bicentennial day., Kristol would run Keyes' unsuccessful U. S. Senate campaign against Paul SarbanesPaul Spyros Sarbanes born February 3, 1933) is the senior United States Senator representing the state of Maryland. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Personal Information Paul Sarbanes was born in the Maryland Eastern Shore city of Salisbury. His fa in Maryland. After teaching political philosophy and American politics at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Kristol went to work in government in 1985, serving as chief of staff to Education Secretary William J. Bennett during the Reagan Administration, and then as chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle under the first President Bush. Later he became the leader of the Project for the Republican Future.

After the Republican sweep of both houses of Congress in 1994, Kristol established along with neoconservative John Podhoretz and with financing from Rupert Murdoch, the conservative periodical The Weekly Standard. In 1997 he founded, with Robert Kagan, the Project for the New American Century (PNAC), a movement credited in part for some the foreign policy decisions of the Bush administration. Kristol is currently chairman of PNAC and editor of The Weekly Standard.

Kristol is a regular political contributor to the Fox News Channel.

He is married to Susan Scheinberg and the couple have three children.

For the American comedian with a similar sounding name, see Billy Crystal.