Boris Johnson Boris Johnson was born in 1964 in New York, he was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford where he was President of the Union. After being a trainee reporter with The Times and The Wolverhampton Express and Star he joined the Daily Telegraph in 1987, serving successively as a leader and feature writer, European Community correspondent and Assistant Editor. In 1999 he was appointed Editor of The Spectator. Boris 's Experience Boris fought Clwyd South in the 1997 General Election and is well-known as a writer and broadcaster. He was elected to represent Henley at the 2001 General Election. In November 2003, he was appointed a Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party, and in May 2004, he also was appointed as Shadow Minister for the Arts. [ back ]