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 akawana kutarisirwa kwenyika muna 2004 nekukunda kwake musarudzo dzemaSenate muna Kurume, hurukuro yake yakatambirwa zvakanaka paDemocratic National Convention muna Chikunguru, uye sarudzo yake yekukunda munaNovember kuenda kuSenate. Muna 2008, gore rimwe pashure pokutanga mushandirapamwe wake, uye pashure pokurwisana kwakasimba naHillary Clinton, akasarudzwa neDemocratic Party kuti ave purezidhendi. Obama akasarudzwa pamusoro pemumiriri weRepublican John McCain musarudzo huru uye akagadzwa
pamwe chete nomumiriri wake, Joe Biden, musi waJanuary 20, 2009. Mwedzi mipfumbamwe gare gare, akasarudzwa kuti awane mubayiro weNobel Peace Prize wa2009.