Education
Bellarmine University.
Bellarmine University.
Brown served as Secretary of State of Kentucky from 1996 to 2004. In 2007, Brown ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky as the running mate of gubernatorial candidate Jody Richards, the Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives. Brown was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
He is the son of John Y. Brown, Junior., a former Governor of Kentucky and Kentucky Fried Chicken magnate, and he is the grandson of former state legislator and United States Congressman John Y. Brown, Senior
Brown is also the half brother of television reporter Pamela Ashley Brown. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree (magna cum laude) and an Master of Business Administration from Bellarmine College.
He earned his law degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law.