Glenn Jacobs grew up in northeast Missouri and attended Truman State University. The son of a twenty-one-year Navy and Air Force veteran, Glenn earned his degree in English while playing basketball and then football at Truman. After college Glenn found fame as World Wrestling Entertainment's "Kane," one of the WWE's most iconic characters. In 2018, Glenn was elected mayor of Knox County, TN, the third most populous county in the state. In addition to appearances on TV and in movies, Glenn is the author of Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics. He and his wife, Crystal, live in Knoxville, TN