Tom Vilsack was born on Dec. 13, 1950, in Pittsburgh. He was placed in a Catholic orphanage several days after birth and was adopted as an infant by Bud and Dolly Vilsack.

Tom Vilsack was born on Dec. 13, 1950, in Pittsburgh. He was placed in a Catholic orphanage several days after birth and was adopted as an infant by Bud and Dolly Vilsack.

With Iowa's 2026 governor’s race wide open, former Gov. Tom Vilsack reflects on political parallels to his 1998 victory and the kind of leadership he believes voters are looking for now.

Tom Vilsack’s next job will bring him home to Iowa. The former governor, stepping down after serving as secretary of agriculture in the Biden administration, will become the Des Moines-based ...

WASHINGTON --Even if Democrat Tom Vilsack isn't interested in speculating about whether he might make an ideal vice presidential candidate in 2016, Joe Biden is."He's one of the stars of the ...

Outgoing USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack sent a letter to Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture acknowledging the progress made in reopening cattle trade between the two countries following the detection ...

Tom Vilsack’s next job will bring him home to Iowa. The former governor, stepping down after serving as secretary of agriculture in the Biden administration, will become the Des Moines-based ...

F ormer U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says his early years growing up in an orphanage still impact his outlook on food and farming. After completing his second term as secretary, the ...

While Tom Vilsack is hopeful on getting the farm bill completed before the end of the year, he says Congress will have to start approaching it with a practical perspective.

Tom Vilsack, a former Iowa governor and the U.S. secretary of agriculture under former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, said Democrats should "connect the dots" between cuts to social ...