According to the Japanese manual for Star Fox 64, Fox was born on Papetoon to James McCloud and Vixy Reinard McCloud 18 years before the Lylat Wars. Due to his mother's death when he was still young, he was almost entirely raised by his father on Corneria. He displayed exceptional aerial skills even at a young age and joined the Cornerian Flight academy along with Bill and Slippy Toad. It is in this time he also met Falco Lombardi.