Career
A Republican, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2011. He currently represents the 12th district, made up of Giles County, the city of Radford, and parts of Montgomery and Pulaski counties in the western part of the state. Yost graduated from Giles High School in 2004.
He received a Bachelor of Surgery degree from Radford University in 2006 and an Master of Arts in 2008, both in criminal justice.
Yost married Lisa Michelle Robinson in June 2010. Yost became active with the Montgomery County Republican Committee in 2009.
He was elected chair of the Roanoke/New River Valley Young Republicans in 2011. The 12th House district incumbent, Democrat Jim Shuler, did not run for re-election in 2011.
Yost defeated Democratic candidate Don South. Langrehr in the general election, 8104-7582.
