A Presidential Medal of Honor recipient, Graham has also met with every president since Harry S. Truman. He was raised on a dairy farm in North CarolinaBorn on Nov. 7, 1918 as William Franklin Graham, he grew up on a dairy farm near Charlotte, N.C., according to his biography. Graham preached to millions of peopleAccording to his biography, Graham preached to more than 215 million people in more than 185 countries in his lifetime. His son, Franklin, is the president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), which his father founded in 1950. He’s a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipientFormer President Ronald Reagan awarded Graham the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1983.

Source: Fox News February 21, 2018 15:22 UTC