Wallace was born in Chicago , Illinois , to longtime CBS '' 60 Minutes '' reporter Mike Wallace and Norma Kaphan . Wallace is Jewish and both his parents were Jewish . His parents divorced when he was one year old . He grew up in a home with his mother and his stepfather , former CBS News President Bill Leonard . He did not develop a relationship with his biological father until the age of 14 . Leonard gave him early exposure to political journalism , hiring him as an assistant to Walter Cronkite at the 1964 Republican National Convention
1964 Republican National Convention
1964 Republican National Convention
Chris Wallace