Nws loj hlob hauv ib tsev neeg me me ntawm plaub, thiab nyob hauv ib cheeb tsam uas txom nyem tshaj plaws ntawm Chicago hauv ob chav tsev. Nws txiv, Fraser Robinson, tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv nroog, yuav tsum ua haujlwm tag nrho nws lub neej, txawm tias muaj kev mob ntau yam sclerosis (MS).
Nws niam, Marianne, tsa ob tug tub. Michelle Obama yog thawj tus poj niam, thaum nws thawj lub hlis ua thawj tus poj niam, Michelle tau mus xyuas cov tsev tsis muaj tsev nyob thiab chav ua noj zaub mov rau cov neeg txom nyem, xa nws cov neeg sawv cev mus rau tsev kawm ntawv, thiab hu rau kev pabcuam pej xeem.
Nws tau mus kawm Harvard Law School thiab tau txais Ph.D., kawm kos duab, mus kawm Princeton, thiab yog ib tug khub hauv Chicago lub chaw haujlwm ntawm Sidley Austin Law Firm, qhov chaw nws thawj zaug ntsib nws tus txiv, Barack. Hauv kev ua haujlwm, kuv tau ua haujlwm ntawm kev lag luam thiab kev txawj ntse. Nws tseem tuav nws daim ntawv tso cai raug cai, tab sis txij li xyoo 1993 nws tau tso tseg ua haujlwm nrog nws daim ntawv pov thawj thiab tau tsiv mus ua haujlwm pub dawb