French grew up in Brookville before earning his B.A. from Grove City College and J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law.
He is currently an attorney with Pope, Drayer, French & Heeter LLP in Clarion.
French resides in Brookville and has two children. Ryan and Maria French.
He is active in the Immaculate Conception Parish in Brookville where he serves as a Eucharistic Minister, lector, and CCD instructor.