Bayan da aka sallame shi daga soja a 1957, mahaifin Willis ya koma da iyalinsa zuwa Carneys Point Township, New Jersey. Willis ya bayyana kansa a matsayin wanda ya fito daga "dogon layi na masu launin shuɗi". Mahaifiyarsa ta yi aiki a banki kuma mahaifinsa ya kasance mai walda, masanin injiniya, kuma ma'aikacin ma'aikata. Willis ya halarci Penns Grove a garinsa, inda ya haɗu da wani stutter.
Jami'ar Jihar Montclair