Graff was born in 1981 and raised in
Montpelier, Vermont. As an undergraduate at
Harvard College, Graff was an editor of
The Harvard Crimson. He also held internships at ABC News' Political Unit and
Atlantic Monthly. He served as deputy national press secretary on
Howard Dean's presidential campaign and helped create and maintain Dean's website. He later took a job as the Vice President of Communications at EchoDitto, Inc. a Washington, D.C.–based technology consulting firm. Graff also ran FishbowlDC for the blog
Mediabistro. In 2005, he became the first blogger to receive credentials to cover the
White House. Graff serves on the board of the Burlington Housing Authority. Graff and Katherine Frances Birrow were married in Barnard, Vermont, in 2013. ==Works==