After Barak Obama served as the 44th President of the United States (2008-2016), Donald J. Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States. Mr. Trump defeated Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton — who would have been the country’s first woman President in its 240-year history. Trump (born June 14, 1946) was born and raised in New York City and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. At 70, he will be the oldest person to ever become a first-term president.