doxdox: Kerry was born the son of a preacher who started in Arkansas. His father became pastor of Champion Forest Baptist in North Houston. Kerry went to Baylor University where he met and married his wife. Kerry, however, never completed more than a year of seminary.
He's definitely gotten by on personality, rather than talent. He's also a micro-manager and burns through people near him at an alarming pace. Not unlike another well-known person from Arkansas, Bill Clinton. By the way, Bill went to Kerry's father's church when he was a child...