- Father of four sons, including William Travis Begala.
- Hosts MSNBC show Equal Time (1993) alongside former Marine Colonel Oliver North.
- Democratic strategist.
- Former advisor and spokesman for President Bill Clinton.
- Best friends with James Carville since 1983.
- In 1979, graduated from Dulles High School in Sugar Land, Texas. Earned both his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor from the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught briefly.
- Raised in Missouri City, Texas, where his father was an oilfield equipment salesman.
- Teaching "Media and Politics" in the Public Policy Department at Georgetown University for the Spring 2005 semester. (January 2005)
- Brother of Chris Begala.
- He has Hungarian and Irish ancestry.
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