Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Obama akaberekerwa muHonolulu, Hawaii. Pashure pokupedza kudzidza paColumbia University muna 1983, akashanda somurongi womunzanga muChicago. Muna 1988, akanyoresa paHarvard Law School, kwaakanga ari mutungamiri wekutanga mutema we "Harvard Law Review". Apedza kudzidza, akava gweta rinorwira kodzero dzevanhu uye mudzidzi, achidzidzisa mutemo wepamutemo paUniversity of Chicago Law School kubva muna 1992 kusvika muna 2004. Achitaura nezvematongerwe enyika, akamiririra dunhu re13 muIllinois Seneti kubva muna 1997 kusvika 2004, paakamhanyira Seneti yeU.S. Obama akagamuchira ngwariro yenyika muna 2004 nokukunda kwake musarudzo dzokutanga dzeSeneti muna Kurume, uye kugamuchirwa zvakanaka kwaakaita musangano weDemocratic National Convention muna Chikunguru
hurukuro inokosha, uye kusarudzwa kwake kunoshamisa kwaNovember kuSeneti. Muna 2008, gore rimwe pashure pokutanga mushandirapamwe wake, uye pashure pokurwisana kwakasimba naHillary Clinton, akasarudzwa neDemocratic Party kuti ave purezidhendi. VaObama vakasarudzwa pamusoro pemumiriri weRepublican John McCain musarudzo huru uye vakagadzwa pamwe chete nemumwe wavo, VaJoe Biden, musi wa 20 Ndira 2009. Mwedzi mipfumbamwe gare gare, akasarudzwa kuti awane mubayiro weNobel Peace Prize wa2009.