Buzzfeed’s McKay Coppins digs up an interesting nugget from Republican rockstar Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) past. Turns out Rubio spent several years as an active member of the Mormon church as a boy.
Rubio was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with his family at around the age of eight, and remained active in the faith for a number of years during his early youth, family members told BuzzFeed.
Rubio spokesman Alex Conant confirmed the story to BuzzFeed. Conant said Rubio returned to the Catholic church a few years later with his family, receiving his first communion on Christmas day in 1984 at the age of 13.
