[citation needed] In 2011, after his law partner of 25 years became a West Virginia circuit court judge, Manchin founded the Manchin Injury Law Group in Fairmont, West Virginia.

He was also a board member of the City National Bank and the West Virginia Division of Labor Manufactured Housing.

[5] According to Politico, Tim Manchin met with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in December 2011 to talk about setting up a campaign in West Virginia's 1st congressional district, then held by David McKinley (R-WV).

Manchin lives in Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia with his wife Susan and their son.

Another first cousin, Michael J. Aloi, serves as a federal magistrate judge in the Northern District of West Virginia.