As U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann heats up the 2012 Republican presidential race, attention has turned to the man behind the fiery Minnesota congresswoman.

Although he tends to stay out of the spotlight, Marcus Bachmann, Michele Bachmann's husband of 32 years, has wholeheartedly embraced his wife's White House bid, abandoning his Christian counseling clinics in Minnesota to join her on the campaign trail.

By most accounts, Dr. Bachmann's campaign role is unique — he describes himself as his wife's political "strategist" but also doubles as a personal assistant, press secretary, and confidante. And his political and religious ideologies are reportedly completely in sync with his wife's take-no-prisoners brand of Tea Party conservatism.

But who is Dr. Bachmann? Here are some interesting facts about the man who could be the nation's first FHOTUS.