Joshua Booth Green (born February 11, 1970) is an American politician and physician who has been the eighth governor of Hawaii since 2022.
He was the Democratic Party’s 15th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2018 to 2022, as well as a member of the Hawaii Senate from 2008 to 2018, and the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2004 to 2008.
Green was born in Kingston, New York on February 11, 1970. He grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated as one of four valedictorians from Quaker Valley High School in 1988; as a Quaker Valley student, he was president of the Key Club and participated on the school’s football and tennis teams.
Meet Josh Green (governor) children Maia Josh and Sam Josh
He got married to Jaime Ushiroda in 2006. When Ushiroda, a family law expert, was clerking for Suzanne Chun Oakland, chair of the State’s Human Services committee, the couple met. They have two kids.
Green was born in Kingston, New York on February 11, 1970. He grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated as one of four valedictorians from Quaker Valley High School in 1988; as a Quaker Valley student, he was president of the Key Club and participated on the school’s football and tennis teams.
Green earned a Bachelor of Science in anthropology from Swarthmore College in 1992 and a Doctor of Medicine from Pennsylvania State University’s Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre in 1997. He then completed a three-year family medicine residency at the University of Pittsburgh.
Swarthmore College bestowed an honorary Doctorate of Science on Green in 2022.
