Vincent Walker Foster Jr. (born January 15, 1945, in Hope, Arkansas) was an American attorney who served as Deputy White House Counsel under President Bill Clinton in 1993. He grew up in Hope, Arkansas, attended the University of Arkansas (BA 1967) and University of Arkansas School of Law (JD 1971), then joined the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, where he became a partner specializing in business and real estate law and worked alongside Hillary Rodham (later Clinton). Appointed in January 1993, he handled sensitive legal matters including the White House travel office controversy but struggled with the pressures of Washington politics. On July 20, 1993, at age 48, he died by suicide from a gunshot wound in Fort Marcy Park, Virginia. His death, officially ruled a suicide by multiple investigations including Kenneth Starr's, became a focal point of right-wing conspiracy theories alleging murder and cover-ups tied to the Clintons and Whitewater. Foster was married to Lisa (Howell) Foster (wed 1980) and had three children: Laura, Vincent III, and John. Colleagues described him as brilliant but introverted. His death remains one of the most controversial episodes of the Clinton presidency.