Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Earle ya girma a kan wata ƙasa ta Montgomery County a matsayin ɗan George Howard Earle, Jr. da Catharine H. Faransanci, dangi mai arziki wanda ya gano asalinsa a Amurka zuwa isowar "Mayflower". Mahaifiyarsa Mrs. Frances ("Fanny") Van Leer ya kasance memba ne na ɗaya daga cikin iyalan Pennsylvania na farko, dangin Van Leer da kakan kakansa Samuel Van Leer sun taka muhimmiyar rawa a yakin neman 'yancin Amurka. Ya sami digiri daga Jami'ar Harvard kuma daga baya ya yi aiki a ƙasashen waje a cikin kasuwancin sukari na iyali. Ya shiga aikin soja a 1916 kuma an sanya shi zuwa iyakar Mexico a lokacin Pancho Villa Expedition
Ka yi haƙuri. Bayan da Amurka ta shiga yakin duniya na farko, Earle ya umurci, mai bin jirgin ruwa wanda yake shi ne jirgin ruwansa na sirri. Ya sami Gicciye na Navy a 1918 bayan ya guje wa fashewar fashewa. Bayan yakin, Earle ya koma kasuwanci mai zaman kansa, musamman a masana'antar sukari. Kodayake an haife shi a matsayin Republican, Earle ya shiga Jam'iyyar Democrat saboda rashin jin daɗi da Jam'iyyar Republican ta yi game da Babban Mawuyacin hali. Bayan yakin neman zaben Franklin Roosevelt a zaben 1932, Earle ya yi aiki a matsayin Jakadan kasar Austria daga 1933 zuwa 1934. Earle ya kalli Jam'iyyar Nazi a hankali, kuma ya gargadi Gwamnatin FDR game da haɗarin haɗarin Nazi Jamus.