The two major candidates for president and their running mates might not be Colonials themselves, but Mitt Romney’s new VP hopeful came as close as he could to being a Colonial. He married one.

Janna Ryan, wife of presumptive vice-presidential Republican nominee Paul Ryan, graduated from GW Law School before marrying  her husband in 2000.

If Romney wins the election, Ryan won’t be the first second lady to boast a relationship with GW.

Jane Hadley Barkley, wife of Harry Truman’s vice president Alben Barkley, worked at the University as a secretary in the 1960s after her husband’s death.

And Bess Truman, a former second lady herself, was a GW mom while her daughter Margaret pursued a degree in history before  graduating in 1946.

Ryan, 43, has a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College and has worked for firms including PricewaterhouseCoopers.