Former Congressman Anthony Weiner joins PTL for exclusive interview

Weiner was born in Brooklyn in New York City, the middle son of Jewish parents, Mort Weiner, a lawyer, and his wife, Frances (née Finkelstein), a public high school math teacher.[6][7][8] The family lived for a time in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. Weiner attended elementary school at P.S. 39 The Henry Bristow School. His older brother Seth was 39 years old when he was killed by a hit-and-run driver in 2000.[9][10] His younger brother, Jason, is a chef and co-owner of several New York restaurants.[11]

Weiner took the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test, an examination used to determine admission to all but one of New York City's specialized high schools, and was admitted to Brooklyn Technical High School, from which he graduated in 1981.[12] He attended the State University of New York at Plattsburgh,[13] and spent his junior year as an exchange student at the College of William & Mary, where he was friends with future comic and political commentator Jon Stewart.[14] Stewart acknowledged the friendship when he poked fun at him during the sexting scandal in 2011.[15] Weiner's interests turned towards politics; he became active in student government and was named most effective student senator.[10]