Old photos of ‘hot, young’ Tim Kaine set internet on fire

Susannah Guthrie
Aug 02, 2016, updated Aug 02, 2016

Before he was a dorky dad, Tim Kaine looked like a Hollywood hunk. Photo: Getty

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton might have a secret weapon up her sleeve in the US presidential election: throwback photos of her running mate, Tim Kaine.

The 58-year-old senator from Virginia was recently announced as Clinton’s pick for Vice President should she get elected, prompting internet sleuths to do some digging on the former civil rights lawyer.

What they uncovered, along with Kaine’s fluency in Spanish and a stint spent working with Jesuit missionaries in Honduras, was that Kaine in his younger years was a bona fide babe.

Before he became a 90s sitcom dad, young Tim Kaine was kinda bae. Hey boo. pic.twitter.com/hQchqehO3g

— Luvvie (@Luvvie) July 28, 2016

Drawing comparisons to Superman heartthrob Henry Cavill, vintage photos of Kaine show a man who possessed the kind of piercing blue eyes, chiselled jawline and perfect hair usually seen on movie stars.

https://twitter.com/Ommmmmkar/status/758763742003945472

Like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Kaine favoured long, curly hair as a twenty-something.

i would drink PBR and listen to tame impala with a young tim kaine pic.twitter.com/2FwZ1OcTpC

— Taylor Trudon (@taylortrudon) July 28, 2016

Us ❤️ pic.twitter.com/1pJTmduRk9

— Young Humanist 🔆 (@YoungHumanism) July 30, 2016

Just dug up another of my photographs, workin the blue steel here. pic.twitter.com/cdDOIFmVxY

— Young Humanist 🔆 (@YoungHumanism) July 28, 2016

Even when he was slightly older and a first-time father (Kaine now has three adult kids with wife Anne Holton), the former governor of Virginia had a certain twinkle in his eye.

Photo: Facebook

But Kaine wasn’t the only American politician to get some love on social media, with some pointing out Clinton also held her own in her student years.

https://twitter.com/antriapansy/status/758872823578275840

Not to mention current Vice President Joe Biden, whose classic good looks were straight out of a Ralph Lauren catalogue.

https://twitter.com/DeeviusDee/status/758716865430425600