Sarah Jordan was the wife of prosecutor Tom Jordan, whom she married in 1998. She was expecting their first child in 2000 when Sam Seaborn, Tom's friend from law school, recruited him to run for Grant Samuels's seat after the congressman's death.
During the campaign it came out that Tom preferred white juries for black defendants and had belonged to an all-white fraternity in college. The White House said nothing in his defense, and with the reputation as a racist he lost the race. Sarah swore revenge against Sam.