 Rex was born in 1979, as a result of an affair between Clint Buchanan and Echo DiSavoy.Believing Roxy Balsom is her biological mother, newspaper heiress Jessica Buchanan travels to Michigan in 2002 to meet Roxy's son Rex.Money-hungry schemer Rex soon comes to Llanview to take advantage of the fact that Jessica is a member of the wealthy Lord and Buchanan families.