Joseph Raymond McCarthy was born in 1908. McCarthy grew up on a family farm in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, a small, rural setting at the time, and immigrant community of mainly German and Irish immigrants. McCarthy's parents were devout Catholics, and McCarthy was a part of a traditional family, with eight other brothers and sisters. McCarthy left school at one point to manage a grocery store, but eventually finished his High School education by cramming the curriculums from 9th through 12th grade into one year. McCarthy was later offered an education at Marquette University, in Milwaukee, where he graduated and became a lawyer.
