and more take-home pay for working americans. >> greta: he is the man everybody is talking about. >> romney and ryan -- >> paul ryan... >> mitt romney and paul ryan. >> greta: who is congressman pall? the wisconsin policy wonk who governor mitt romney just tapped as his republican runningmate. 42 years old, head of the house budget committee and the third youngest person to be picked as a vice-presidential candidate. but there is much more to him. who was he before he came to washington? janesville, wisconsin, january 29, 1970. paul davis ryan entered the world, the youngest of four children was born to betty and paul ryan. he grew up in the historic courthouse hill neighborhood. >> he's always been a very serious kid, very friendly. quite frankly, he really has never changed. like i say to a lot of people, what you see is what you get. >> greta: at age 16, tragedy struck. his most difficult day.