Philip Adams is a brother to Jerome Adams, an American anesthesiologist and a former vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, who served as the 20th surgeon general of the United States from September 5, 2017, until January 20, 2021.
Poet Philip Adams is five years younger than Jerome Adams. He grew up in rural Mechanicsville, Maryland, and draws and sang very well. Philip Adams changed to be a quiet person when he left middle school for high school. Considering his attitude at the time, his sister Latoya Adams believed he has depression.
According to sources, Philip Adams began taking Vincodine at a point and became Percocet addicted. At one point, he had GED after wounding up in a juvenile detention center in Baltimore.
Philip Adams was first arrested for having marijuana. He later served 18 months after he was taken into police custody for the sale of crack cocaine. Philip Adams for some years, landed in jail multiple times, returning home between each stint to a family that was willing to help, time and time again.
Jerome Michael Adams was born on September 22, 1974, to Richard and Edrena Adams of Mechanicsville, Maryland. He is an alumnus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Indiana University, Indianapolis (MD), and the University of California, Berkeley (MPH). Jerome Adams is a Catholic and is married to Lacey Adams with three children.