I have heard that there are some. Rumors. Don't know if they are true. But, good golly, none of them nearly as bad as Bill Clinton or Rudy G. It won't kill him as long as he let's his staff know what they are and they are ready for the questions.
He made some general comments about that in an interview with the WSJ's John Fund
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009798
Finny wrote: "what about the man's personal life?"
and Tennessean4Bush replied: "I have heard that there are some. Rumors. Don't know if they are true."
Well, let's ignore the rumors and arm ourselves with the facts:
The son of an auto salesman respected in his community for his unwavering honesty, Fred Thompson was born in Sheffield, Alabama on August 19, 1942 and grew up in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee in a household of modest means.
A star athlete in high school, Fred attended Memphis State University, where he earned a degree in Philosophy and Political Science in 1964. Thompson turned down a full scholarship to Tulane Law School in order to attend Vanderbilt University, which awarded him a Law degree in 1967. Fred worked his way through college by holding jobs as a shoe salesman, truck driver, and even a factory worker prior to becoming a lawyer. This work ethic, combined with his extensive study of classical philosophy and political science, led Fred to a firm belief in conservative ideals.
The marriage of Fred Thompson and Sara Lindsey began on September 12, 1959 when they were both very young (he was just 17), and the couple lived in public housing for a year. It ended amicably in divorce in 1985. They had three children, two of whom are grown. They lost the third, daughter Elizabeth Thompson Panici at age 38, in 2002 after she failed to come out of a drug-overdose-induced coma. Heartbroken, Fred did not run for re-election to the U.S. Senate.
On June 29, 2002, Thompson married Jeri Kehn, a political media consultant at the Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, and McPherson law firm in Washington, D.C. She once worked for the Senate Republican Conference and the Republican National Committee. In October 2003, they had a daughter, Hayden Victoria Thompson, and in November 2006, a son. Fred also has five grandchildren.
Unlike some other contenders for the GOP presidential nomination, Thompson didn't allow his second marriage to overlap with his first wife. Divorced in 1985, Fred didn't meet Jeri Kehn until 1996, and they married in 2002.
About his well-known reputation for courting and sparking several young and beautiful women as a bachelor senator in Washington during the years between his two marriages, "I plead guilty," he said in a recent interview with the WSJ's John Fund. "But everyone I knew is still a friend, and if somehow they aren't I guess we'd hear about it. I'm happy with my life partner and children now."