Aquino was born in Manila, graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in 1981 while his family were in exile in the United States, he joined them after graduating. He returned to the Philippines again in 1983 after his father was assassinated, where he started working in the private sector. In 1998, he was elected to the House of Representatives as Representative of the 2nd district of Tarlac province, he was elected to the Senate in 2007 and following the death of his mother on August 1, 2009, he officially announced he would be a candidate in the 2010 presidential election. He won this election and was sworn into office on the 30th June 2010.
