Who is Senator Joni Ernst and how old is she?

SENATOR Joni Ernst was born and raised on a farm in Montgomery County, Iowa.

Ernst spent most of his life serving the United States after joining the army and working as an auditor in Iowa before making his way to the Senate.

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Who is Senator Joni Ernst and how old is she?

Joni Ernst was born and raised in Iowa. Since 2015, she has served as a junior US Senator for Iowa.

The 51-year-old was elected as Mongmery County auditor in 2004 and held the position until 2008. From 2011 to 2018 Ernst served in the Iowa state senate.

Ernst became the first female combat veteran elected to serve in the United States Senate, and the first woman to serve in federally elected office from Iowa.

During her time as an undergraduate at Iowa State University, she joined the school’s ROTC program then after graduating enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve.

She retired from the Army National Guard of Iowa after 23 years of service.

What did Joni Ernst do in the army?

In the Iowa National Guard, Ernst served as a logistics officer and held the rank of lieutenant colonel.

From 2003 to 2004, she spent 12 months in Kuwait as a company captain during the Iraq War. She led 150 National Guardsmen of the Iowa Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

When Ernst returned, she became commanding officer of the 185th Maintenance Support Battalion at Camp Dodge, the largest battalion of the Iowa Army National Guard.

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Is Joni Ernst married?

Joni married Gail Ernst in 1992.

The couple had one child together, a daughter named Libby.

In 2018, Joni announced that the couple was in the process of getting a divorce and finalizing it next year.