John McAfee (Libertarian Party candidate)

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John David McAfee

Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments

Last convention

May 23, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

Roanoke College, 1967

Personal

Profession

Cybersecurity pioneer

Contact

Campaign website

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2020 presidential election
* 2.2 2016 presidential election
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

John David McAfee was a cybersecurity entrepreneur and Libertarian Party candidate for president of the United States in 2016 and 2020.[1][2][3]

McAfee died on June 23, 2021.[4]

## Biography[edit]

McAfee was born in the United Kingdom and raised in Roanoke, Virginia. His early career experience included working for Missouri Pacific Railroad and NASA’s Institute for Space Studies. In the early 1980s, he worked for Lockheed. When the first computer virus struck in 1986, McAfee founded his own anti-virus technology company, McAfee Associates. He resigned from his software company in 1994 to advise start-ups, lecture, and pursue other projects.

McAfee fled the country in 2019 after claiming that he "hadn't filed taxes in 8 years." He was captured later that year by the Dominican Republic before being released. On October 3. 2020, McAfee was arrested by Spanish authorities by the United States behest. He was indicted by the United States federal court system in March 2021 on several charges. Spain granted the United States' extradition on June 22, 2021. Spanish authorities reported finding McAfee dead in his prison cell later that day.[4][5]

## Elections[edit]

### 2020 presidential election[edit]

See also: Libertarian Party presidential nomination, 2020

McAfee ran for president of the United States in 2020 as a Libertarian candidate.

The Libertarian Party selected Jo Jorgensen as its presidential nominee on May 23, 2020, during the Libertarian National Convention.[6] Spike Cohen was selected as the party's vice-presidential nominee the next day.[7]

The convention was originally scheduled to take place May 21-25, 2020, in Austin, Texas.[8] Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the nomination portion of the national convention was held online May 22-24.[9][10]

### 2016 presidential election[edit]

McAfee ran for president of the United States in 2016 as a Libertarian candidate.

The Libertarian National Convention was held on May 26-30, 2016, at the Rosen Centre Hotel & Resort in Orlando, Florida. Delegates selected Gary Johnson (L) as the party's nominee.[11]

## See also[edit]

* Presidential candidates, 2016

## External links[edit]

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Candidate

President of the United States

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ McAfee’16, "John McAfee 2016 - Libertarian For President," accessed February 23, 2016
2. ↑ Ars Technica, "Antivirus mogul John McAfee to run for president as member of 'Cyber Party,'" September 8, 2015
3. ↑ Jon Swartz, USA Today, "McAfee will run as Libertarian Party candidate for president," December 24, 2015
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 CNN, "John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison," June 23, 2021
5. ↑ BBC , "John McAfee: Anti-virus creator found dead in prison cell," 23 June 2021
6. ↑ YouTube, "LNC Convention Day 2," May 23, 2020
7. ↑ YouTube, "LNC Convention Webinar Day 3," May 24, 2020
8. ↑ Libertarian Convention, "Home," accessed October 21, 2019
9. ↑ 2020 Libertarian National Convention, "Where," accessed May 21, 2020
10. ↑ 2020 Libertarian National Convention, "Schedule," accessed May 21, 2020
11. ↑ Libertarian National Committee, "2016 Presidential Candidates," accessed February 23, 2016

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