During the school year he lived with his family in The Fairfax Hotel in the Embassy Row section in Washington D.C. During the summer months, he worked on the family farm in Carthage, Tennessee, where the Gores grew tobacco and hay and raised cattle.
Under skolåren bodde familjen på Fairfax Hotel i Embassy Row-området i Washington D.C. Under sommarmånaderna arbetade han på familjens gård i Carthage, Tennessee, där de odlade tobak och hö och födde upp boskap.