Steven James "Steve" McDonald is the son of Jim and Liz McDonald, the twin brother of Andy and the brother of Katie McDonald. He has a daughter, Amy, and two sons; Ruairi who was stillborn and Oliver. Steve grew up in army lodgings and first moved to Coronation Street in 1989 when Jim was demobbed. Steve started out as the family failure; he was impetuous, reckless, and a liar. He was always in trouble, be it with family, women, or the police. He wanted to get into business and used gambling winnings to buy MVB Print and married heiress Vicky Arden, but a year later he was sent to prison for handling stolen whisky and perverting the course of justice, and Vicky left him when he tried to put the blame on her in court.