Jason Miyares

Jason Miyares served as Virginia's 48th Attorney General from January 2022 to January 2026, making history as the first Hispanic American elected to statewide office in Virginia and the first son of an immigrant to serve as Attorney General. Born in Greensboro, North Carolina, he grew up in Virginia Beach and became a prosecutor before entering politics. He served three terms in the Virginia House of Delegates (2016-2022) as the first Cuban American in the General Assembly before defeating incumbent AG Mark Herring in 2021. He lost his 2025 re-election bid to Democrat Jay Jones by approximately 4 points.

Son of Cuban immigrant Miriam Miyares, who was born in Havana on May 3, 1946, and fled Communist Cuba on October 11, 1965, leaving with only the clothes on her back and a bag. His father Angel fled first and raised funds to help Miriam leave. After fleeing to Spain, she legally immigrated to the United States and became a naturalized citizen in 1982. The family moved to Virginia Beach in 1987. In 2015, almost 50 years to the day she fled Cuba, Miriam voted for her son Jason to represent her in the Virginia House of Delegates. Jason married Page Atkinson in 2004; they have three daughters: Gabriella, Elaina, and Sophia. His brothers are Bryan Redding (commercial cinematographer) and the late Steven Marcus Miyares (criminal defense attorney).