[Godebert]

"Was he born before 1959, because Hawaii wasn't a state before then - perhaps we could get him disqualified on a technicality (has to be a US citizen born in the states)"

He was born in 1961.

[ArmyTeach]

I'd lay odds that before 1959, when Hawaii was a territory (Alaska as well), the residents were citizens, could vote, and had representatives in Congress.