Vincente Gonzalez was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1967. He obtained his GED in 1985, followed by an associate degree in banking and finance from Del Mar College in 1990, a bachelor's degree in business aviation from Embry-Riddle University in 1992, and a law degree from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 1996. Gonzalez began working as an attorney in private practice in 1997.