Joe with his nephew, Jadon Skavdahl, in 2009
Father: William Thomas Skavdahl (4 September 1946-)
Mother: Jacqueline Sue Delatour (7 January 1948-)
Born 28 February 1976, at Scottsbluff, Scottsbluff County, Nebraska.
Joseph obtained a doctor of veterinary medicine degree from Kansas State University in 2004.