Editing Jim Hunt (section)

==Early life==
Hunt was born on May 16, 1937, in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]] to James Baxter Hunt, a soil conservationist, and Elsie Brame Hunt, a schoolteacher.<ref name= ncpedia>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/hunt-jr-james-baxter-research|title = Hunt Jr., James Baxter (From Research Branch, NC OA&H) &#124; NCpedia}}</ref> When he was a child, the family moved to a farm outside of [[Wilson, North Carolina]].<ref name= ncpedia/> He was raised in the [[Free Will Baptist|Free Will Baptist Church]] but later converted to [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterianism]].<ref name= ncpedia/>

He is a graduate of North Carolina State College, now known as [[North Carolina State University]], with a B.S. in agricultural education and a M.S.  in agricultural economics. During his undergraduate career, Hunt was involved in Student Government. He was the second student to serve two terms as [[Student Body President]] of NC State.<ref>{{cite web|title=James Baxter Hunt, Jr.|url=http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/student-leaders/james-baxter-hunt-jr|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713215540/http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/student-leaders/james-baxter-hunt-jr|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 13, 2012|access-date=December 21, 2011|author=Historical State: History in Red and White}}</ref> His master's thesis was about economic analysis of different tobacco production techniques.<ref>
{{cite web |url= https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/jim-hunt |title= Jim Hunt |first=Ryan |last=Beck  |date=May 5, 2020 }}</ref> In 1964, he received a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from the [[University of North Carolina School of Law]]. He went on to serve as the president of the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina, now known as the [[Young Democrats of North Carolina]].