[3] His father works as a purchasing manager in a large company and comes from a family that had fled Francoist Spain, while his mother is a social worker and gymnastics teacher.

[4][5] In secondary school, Abad attended the Vallée Verte college and the Lycée Alphonse-Daudet before beginning his university education at Sciences Po Bordeaux.

[14] During his time in parliament, he frequently spoke about economic issues, especially in terms of industrial policy, social services and consumer protection.

[26] In addition to his work in parliament, Abad has served as member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2014 until 2017 and since 2017.

[30] The news website Contexte commented that the result represented an end to the "old divisions between "Sarkozystes," "Fillonistes" and "Juppéistes,"" with Abad being able to present "a profile that reassures members of the National Assembly of the old generation without cutting off those who were newly elected in 2017, who form half of the party's parliamentary group.

"[31] It also noted Abad's "positioning as an independent man" who "owes nothing to Christian Jacob," while Marleix had suffered from a report in Le Canard enchaîné portraying him as the previous leader's handpicked candidate.

[32] At The Republicans' national convention in December 2021, Abad was part of the 11-member committee which oversaw the party's selection of its candidate for the 2022 presidential elections.

In July 2019, Abad voted against the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.

[35] In a joint letter initiated by Norbert Röttgen and Anthony Gonzalez ahead of the 47th G7 summit in 2021, Abad joined some 70 legislators from Europe and the US in calling upon their leaders to take a tough stance on China and to "avoid becoming dependent" on the country for technology including artificial intelligence and 5G.

In a letter also published by Mediapart, Abad rejected the accusations and "strongly affirms that the sexual relations that [he has] been able to have have always been based on the principle of mutual consent".