Aaron Jon Schock (born May 28, 1981) is a former American politician who was Republican U.S. Representative for Illinois's 18th congressional district from 2009 until 2015. The district is based in Peoria and includes part of Springfield. He was the first member of the U.S. Congress born in the 1980s; when he took his seat in 2009 he was the youngest member of Congress. Previously, Schock had served two terms in the Illinois House of Representatives, also as its youngest member.
Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness is having a hard time celebrating former Congressman Aaron Schock’s coming-out.Van Ness, the program’s grooming expert, was born in Quincy, Ill., within the state’s 18th Congressional District, which Schock, a Republican, represented in the U.S.
House from 2009 to 2015, when he resigned due to allegations of financial improprieties. Schock, long rumored to be gay, came out in an Instagram post last week.Van Ness is not about to forgive Schock’s anti-LGBTQ record,