Bill de Blasio isn't his real name, he's a climate fanatic who takes three SUVs to the gym and his wife was a lesbian until they got together: inside the weird world of Trump's new 6'5" rival
There have been tall presidents, there have been left-wing New York mayors, and there have been publicly awkward people in both roles - but there has never, ever, been a mainstream presidential candidate like Bill de Blasio.
For a start, it isn't even his real name. Bill de Blasio was born Warren Wilhelm Jr., later became Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm, and in 2001 - just as he ran for elected office - adopted his current identity.
It is hardly the only thing which makes the 6' 5", two-term mayor an unlikely White House contender.
He is personally unpopular in his own back yard, he alienated
Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, and even his wife Chirlane McCray said it was not the time for a run when she was asked in January, then spent months walking back her comment.
Family: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, his wife, Chirlane McCray, and his children, Dante de Blasio and Chiara de Blasio at the city's Pride march in 2015. He is unlikely to have been pleased by the 'thank you Governor Cuomo' sign; the two feud frequently
His time with Dinkins led to his unlikely marriage to Chirlane McCray, who served as a speech-writer for prominent New York officials as well as a part-time poet.
She penned a 1979 essay, 'I Am a Lesbian,' about her sexuality and coming out as a gay black woman at a time when many Americans kept it from the public sphere.
McCray, six and and a half years de Blasio's senior, would later tell Essence magazine that
she made her her relationship with her husband possible 'by putting aside the assumptions I had about the form and package my love would come in.'
McCray does not use the label bisexual.
During his political rise she became a top confidante. The couple have two children, Chiara and Dante.
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