The day that Vincent Daniels was born was marked by tragedy. His mother, Cynthia Daniels, would die giving birth to her only child with Walter Daniels. The two had only been married for two years when she passed, leaving Walter to care for this new baby by himself and without his young wife by his side. Walter, a professor of literature at Harvard, would seek the help of family and friends to help raise the little boy. The rules in the house were always stern and Vince was taught that he needed to be extremely well rounded, well educated and have extremely good manners. Vince, for his part, fell in line, though, as boys do, he was sometimes caught doings things that he wasn't supposed to. This resulted in punishments that included chores and spankings. The lack of a steady female figure in Vince's life was also hard on a growing boy, making him emotionally distant from most woman, as his father had never remarried after the loss of the love of his life.

One of the activities that Vince was forced to take on was learning to play the piano. Young Vince, a boy of six, hated the idea of the piano at first and would fight, tooth and nail, not to play. Of course, this just meant punishment so he would put his head down and learn to play from an instructor that would come twice a week to teach him. After some time, Vince found that the piano was a good way of release, a creative way for him to express his feelings, considering feelings were not something that his father ever showed him. After the death of his life, Walter, once a romantic and extremely loving person, grew cold and could barely look at the son that she had left behind for him to raise. The resentment that Walter felt for Vince for taking away the love of his life was never something that was spoken out loud but rather something that Vince knew in his heart.

Schooling was something that was extremely important to Walter and as soon as his son was old enough to attend school, he only expected the best. Luckily, Vince was quite bright and excelled in most things, mainly math and English. When he would come home from school he would work on his homework and play the piano, which meant that he didn't have many friends that he could play with after school. The young boy was very charismatic, a trait that he had acquired from his mother, but the only interaction he had with other children his own age was at school. This made it hard for meaningful friendships to last because, while the other children were at birthday parties, Vince was at home playing the piano or studying for the next test at school. As he grew into his teenage years, Vince began to resent this more and more and would use his own cunning abilities to sneak out, unbeknownst to his father, and have his own fun.

Once Vince had graduated from high school, he decided that he wanted a career in politics, as a chance to make a change in people's lives. If he hadn't been able to change the fate of his own life, he would try elsewhere, or at least that was the thought. He enrolled in Boston University, studying political science and finally had his first taste of freedom. At first it was frightening, Vince wasn't quite sure how to cope without the watchful eye of his father studying every single move that he made but Vince coped well enough. His charm and wit won him friends, and girlfriend, but nothing that would ever be a substantial friendship or relationships. It worried Vince that he couldn't seem to get close to anyone in his life so instead he blew off steam by taking martial arts classes, a way to connect with himself and get more in tuned with his body. As with all things in Vince's life, he excelled. Balancing school and his new love of martial arts with easy and Vince graduated in the top of his class, with high honors.

Upon graduation, Vince decided to sit for the LSATS, which was a rather easy undertaking for him, and applied to Harvard's Law School program. It was through the law school program, and his now better understanding of what politics entailed, that he discovered that he needed to change his attitude. His high intellect and charismatic personality meant that he could get things done, whatever the cost was. That was when his personality started to shift in an almost chameleon like way. He was able to hold down friendships, though they wouldn't be true friendships because Vince stopped caring about what others thought of him. If he was going to make it in life, he needed to be sure that he used people, mostly as pawns, to get his way. Once he received his J.D. from Harvard he took some time to himself to travel, mainly to Europe, to get better acquainted with the culture and political climate of other countries.