Benjamin Mulhern was born in Freeport, IL on December 6, 1996. He is the son of Mary and Joseph Mulhern. He has a younger brother, Colin- age sixteen, and a younger sister, Mallory- age thirteen. In June of 2014, his mother married Bill Hornaday, the father of three children, Caroline- age fourteen, Matthew- age fifteen, and Robert- age sixteen. Benjamin is currently seventeen years old and is attending West Forsyth High School in his senior year. He is in the band and plays the alto saxophone, among others. Outside of school, he works at McDonald's, with his friend Melinda Benson. Benjamin will be attending the University of Georgia in the fall of 2015. He will be studying English linguistics in order to someday be a technological marketing linguist.