In season one it is stated that Junior is 70 years old , placing his birth date in 1928 or 1929 . Corrado Soprano , Jr. is the son of Corrado and Mariangela D'Agostino Soprano , who were from Ariano in the Province of Avellino and immigrated to the United States in 1911 . Junior is Tony Soprano 's uncle : Junior 's younger brother is Tony 's father Johnny Soprano . He tells the court-ordered psychologist when feigning mental incompetence that he was getting a haircut when he heard about the Assassination of John F. Kennedy . He likes eating Santa Barbara Co. olives from Santa Barbara , California and is seen eating them in several scenes . He tells Tony that he admired John F. Kennedy but did not like his brother Robert Kennedy because of Kennedy 's United States Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management and prosecution of Jimmy Hoffa and investigation into the International Brotherhood of Teamsters . Tony fondly recalls how as a child Junior taught him how to play baseball and took him to New York Yankees games . Both Junior and Johnny dropped out of high school and turned to a life of organized crime , joining the DiMeo crime family . It was revealed in season 2 episode 2 that Junior was a WWII veteran . Junior Soprano reveals " In Camelot " that he was on a date with Fran Felstein at the 500 Club in Atlantic City , New Jersey to see Enzo Stuarti perform when Fran met his brother Johnny . Junior was in love with Fran and wanted to propose , even buying a ring for her , but could not allow this marriage to affect his status in organized crime , and so could not bring up the courage to ask her . Junior always watched after Tony especially after Johnny 's death from emphysema in 1986 . He tells Bobby Baccalieri that he has a problem with feet and does not even like talking about bunions . Junior guided Tony 's accession to the crime family when Tony took over his father 's crew becoming the family 's youngest captain
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Junior Soprano