J. Roland Kinzer was born on a farm near Terre Hill, Pennsylvania in East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania  He graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in  Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1896. He served as county solicitor of Lancaster County from 1912 to 1923, and as a delegate to the 1928 Republican National Convention.
J. Roland Kinzer was born on a farm near Terre Hill, Pennsylvania, in East Earl Township, Lancaster County, where he later studied at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, graduating in 1896. He served as county solicitor of Lancaster County from 1912 to 1923 and represented the state at the Republican National Convention.