Early lifeMcMahon was born on August 24, 1945 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. McMahon is of Irish Catholic ancestry. McMahon's father, Vincent James McMahon, had left the family while McMahon was still a baby, taking his elder son, Rod, with him. McMahon did not meet his father until age 12. Vince spent the majority of his childhood living with his mother and a string of stepfathers.[6] According to an interview with Playboy, he attended and graduated, in 1964, from Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro, Virginia. McMahon claimed one of his stepfathers, Leo Lupton, used to beat his mother and attacked him when he tried to protect her.[7] He said, "It is unfortunate that he died before I could kill him. I would have enjoyed that."[7] In his early life, McMahon also overcame dyslexia.[8][9]