Sarah Palin entered the national consciousness almost overnight in 2008, when John McCain selected the little-known governor of Alaska as his vice-presidential running mate. With her direct style, folksy confidence, and outsider appeal, Sarah Palin became impossible to ignore. For a time, she was everywhere—on debate stages, magazine covers, and late-night television. Yet as abruptly as she rose, her public life would later give way to a more complicated chapter shaped less by electoral politics and more by personal upheaval. Born in Sandpoint, Idaho, and raised in Wasilla, Alaska, Palin’s early life was defined by small-town rhythms and athletic ambition....
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