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Albert Arnold Gore III (born October 19, 1982) is the son of former United States Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore and the grandson of former United States Senator from Tennessee Al Gore, Sr. He is best-known for being mentioned in an emotional vice-presidential nomination acceptance speech by his father during the 1992 Democratic National Convention.

Background

As a child, Gore attended St. Albans school. In April 1989, Gore was the victim of a near-fatal car accident while attending a Baltimore Orioles baseball game in Baltimore, Maryland. As a result of the accident, doctors were forced to remove approximately 60% of his spleen. He also sustained a concussion and fractures to a leg and a rib, as well as bruises to the lung, kidney, and pancreas. His father chose to stay near him during the recovery, bypassing a possible presidential run in 1992. This was discussed in his father's 2006 book, An Inconvenient Truth and in the 2006 documentary of the same name.

Gore sustained an ankle injury while playing lacrosse in 2000. In order to accompany him during his treatment, Tipper was forced to miss a campaign trip through Tennessee. Her daughter Karenna Gore Schiff replaced her during part of the bus trip, appearing at a rally in Nashville, while a latter portion of the trip was canceled.

Gore graduated from Harvard University in 2005.

Current

As of October 2006, Gore works as an associate publisher of Good magazine, a recent start-up published in Los Angeles.

Gore commented in a December 14, 2006, article in the New York Observer: "I know that has no plans to run in 2008 Well, I guess I have to add his addendum. I think the way he always says it is, 'I don't see any circumstances under which I would run for president'."

Legal Trouble

In August 2000, Gore III charged with reckless driving and speeding for driving 97 MPH in a 55mph speed zone. He was fined $125 for speeding and driving privileges in the state of North Carolina were suspended. The reckless driving charges were later dropped.

In September 2002, he was ticketed for driving under the influence by military police just outside Fort Myer in suburban Virginia. He was not taken into custody.

On December 19, 2003, Gore was arrested and charged with marijuana possession in Bethesda, Maryland. He was pulled over because he was driving without having his headlights on. A plea deal was reached in February 2004 and he was sentenced to a substance abuse program.

Jill Lawrence, a journalist with USA Today, and Bill Turque, a journalist with the Washington Post, have reported that in 1996, when Gore was 13 years old, he was suspended from St. Albans, a private school in Washington, D.C., for smoking marijuana during a school dance. Turque, in his biography of Al Gore entitled Inventing Al Gore, also reported that Al and Tipper Gore contacted news outlets right after the incident and asked them not to publish the story and "all complied."

At 2:15 am on July 4, 2007, Gore was arrested in Laguna Hills in Orange County, California for speeding over 100 m.p.h. in a Toyota Prius. Gore admitted to recently smoking marijuana and was found to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana along with Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Soma. Police reported that Gore had no prescriptions for the pharmaceuticals.

Footnotes

1. ^ "Gores remain silent after son's arrest for pot possession", Jill Lawrence, USA Today, published December 21, 2003, accessed February 21, 2007. Cite error: The named reference "lawrence" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
2. "Al Gore III may need surgery on ankle", The Oak Ridger, published March 10, 2000, accessed February 21, 2007.
3. "The Good Guys". The New York Observer. October 2, 2006.
4. Morgan, Spencer. "Albert Gore: Dad's Doing Well, Not Running in 2008", New York Observer December 14, 2006.
5. Manning, Stephen. "Al Gore's Son Must Enter Substance Abuse Program For Pot Charge", Associated Press, March 31, 2004.
6. "Gore's son, 19, ticketed", Associated Press, September 15, 2002.
7. Al Gore's son charged with pot possession
8. Al Gore's son sentenced to substance abuse program
9. Biography of Jill Lawrence, reporter for USA Today.
10. Link to contact Bill Turque at the Washington Post
11. Turque, Bill (2000). Inventing Al Gore. Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0395883237.
12. "Al Gore's Son Arrested on Drug Suspicion". Associated Press. New York Times. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
13. "Report: Al Gore's Son Arrested Again for DUI". FOX News. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help).

External links

• Biography - CNN

• 1982 births
• Gore family
• Living people
• Harvard University alumni