Billy grew up at the Decatur Highway congregation in Birmingham, Alabama. After graduating from high school, he moved to Montgomery to attend Faulkner University. In 2012, he graduated from Faulkner with an undergraduate degree in Biblical text. He then went on to complete his Masters degree in New Testament Studies at Faulkner and is now working on his Ph.D. from Liberty University in Christian Apologetics. Billy has been the college minister since 2012.

Billy is married to the former Shelby Vega and they have two children: Kinley and Roman.