[3] Miller graduated from Washburn University as part of their class of 2000 with a degree in History and Political Science.
However, he worked as a paralegal to a financial firm in 1997 sparking his interest in a career in law.
In 2004 he worked as a paralegal for a law firm and attended the University of Missouri–Kansas City in pursuit of a J.D.
[3] He would resign May 7, 1998 to challenge incumbent Republican governor Bill Graves in the primary.
Both Graves and Miller campaigned heavily in the state's suburbs seeking to win over the mostly white, religious and middle class demographic backbone of the Kansas Republican party.