Warren was born August 20, 1931 in Lebanon, NY son of the late Wilmer & Ruth (Morse) Wilcox.
Following graduation from Troy High School he attended Lycoming College for a year and later at Elmira College where he studied psychology. Warren was the proprietor of a mobile home park in Pine Valley for many years and prior to that worked as a carpenter and also was involved with his family farm where he worked the farm with his father in Windfall, PA.