Bouchard told the Casper Star Tribune that he and the girl rejected pressure to have an abortion and married when he was 19 and she was 15. He said on social media that it was like a Romeo and Juliet story. They remained married for three years. He said she later committed suicide. Bouchard is hoping to defeat Liz Cheney in next year’s Republican primary for the U.S. House. He said on social media that he went public when he heard that someone was looking into the story for political reasons. “People are sick of politics like this where they’re going to use something (from) almost 40 years ago. Something that I did, but more importantly they can’t see that I did the right thing,” Bouchard said.