He first met his girlfriend Lady Gaga in July 2011, while working on her music video, "You and I".
Was engaged to girlfriend Lady Gaga on Valentine's Day, 2015.
He attended West Virginia University.
His father is of English and German ancestry, while his mother is of German and Swiss-German descent, with remote French roots. Taylor's patrilineal line can be traced back to Henry Kinney, who was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, c. 1623.