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==Early life and education== DeMint was born in [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]], [[South Carolina]], one of four children. His parents, Betty W. (nΓ©e Rawlings) and Thomas Eugene DeMint,<ref>[http://www.themediabriefing.com/people/jim-demint Jim DeMint | TheMediaBriefing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320122451/http://www.themediabriefing.com/people/jim-demint |date=March 20, 2012 }}</ref> divorced when he was five years old. Following the divorce, Betty DeMint operated a dance studio out of the family's home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/|title=HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News|website=www.huffpost.com}}</ref>{{verify source|date=October 2019}}<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news | url=http://specialreport.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/11/09/12-in-2010-senator-jim-demint/ | work=Fox News | title=12 in 2012: Senator Jim DeMint " The Special Report Blog | date=November 9, 2010 | access-date=December 29, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316221139/http://specialreport.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/11/09/12-in-2010-senator-jim-demint/ | archive-date=March 16, 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> DeMint attended [[Christ Church Episcopal School]] and [[Wade Hampton High School (Greenville, South Carolina)|Wade Hampton High School]].{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} He played drums for a [[cover band]] called Salt & Pepper.<ref name="jjmillerNR">{{cite web |first=John J. |last=Miller |author-link=John J. Miller (journalist) |date=February 22, 2010 |title=Senator Tea Party |url=http://www.heymiller.com/?p=1141 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20100807010646/http://www.heymiller.com/2010/02/senator%2Dtea%2Dparty/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 7, 2010 |work=National Review |via=heymiller.com |access-date=October 24, 2013 }}</ref> He received a [[bachelor's degree]] in 1973 from the [[University of Tennessee]],<ref name=Rettig/> where he is a member of the Tennessee Kappa chapter of [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]] fraternity, and received an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] in 1981 from [[Clemson University]].<ref name=Rettig/>
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