[3] He is a statistician by trade,[4] and is currently serving as the Coordinator of Special Projects at Mayland Community College in Spruce Pine, North Carolina.

[6] In 2021, he proposed anti-transgender legislation which would prohibit medical professionals from performing gender confirmation surgery on those under the age of 21.

[9] Senate Bill 68 was passed into law, but it was appealed before the Supreme Court of North Carolina, which ruled on January 26, 2018 that the appointment provisions violated the state Constitution.

[10] In 2017, Hise "paid Parker Poe Adams and Bernstein law firm $7,700 in connection with a campaign finance audit by the state board of elections.

I was informed by the State Board of Elections, along with over 40 other legislators from both parties, that Pfizer cut the checks during a special session of the General Assembly.

Hise lives in Spruce Pine with his wife Linn and twin fourteen-year-old sons, Thomas and Deren, and attends the church of the Ark of WNC.