Twin to Scott Kelly; bachelor of science in marine engineering and nautical science from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 1986; master of science in aeronautical engineering from U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, 1994; Captain, USN, test pilot; flew 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm; hobbies: Running, weight lifting, basketball, golf.
His wife, Gabrielle Giffords, was one of several people shot at a Safeway supermarket in Tucson, Arizona on January 8, 2011, where she was meeting publicly with constituents. She was taken into emergency surgery, in critical condition from a gunshot wound to the head.