Jason Chaffetz was born in Los Gatos, California, and raised in Arizona and Colorado with his younger brother Alex. His father, John A. Chaffetz, was Jewish and his mother, Margaret A. Wood was a Christian Scientist. Chaffetz converted from Judaism to Mormonism during his last year of college.
While in college, Chaffetz was a Democrat.

His father had previously been married to Kitty Dickson, who afterward was married to the later Democratic governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis; Chaffetz's half-brother is former actor John Dukakis. Despite their different political affiliations, Chaffetz remains close to his half-brother and the Dukakis family.

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Utah's 3rd district
Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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