Ben was born on September 8, 1988 at around 9 in the morning. His mother, Laura Janine Friedman had broken her leg a couple of months prior, and the cast came off a week before Ben's birth. His father, Dana Ward Beecher was present at Ben's birth at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn.
Ben grew up in Port Washington, Long Island and graduated from Schriber High School in 2005.
He currently lives in Sarasota, Florida.