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Clark's birth father was a Democratic Party activist, and a Jew, who died right before Clark reached the age of four.

His mother then moved them from Chicago back to her hometown of Little Rock, where she eventually married a banker who was a recovering alcoholic. Clark said he loved his stepfather, but he wasn't a very good provider. His mother worked as a bank secretary to provide for four-year-old Wes and make sure he had a good education.

He grew up as the poorest kid in the richest neighborhood in town, so he had to work doubly hard to compensate -- everything from West Point to Rhodes Scholar.