Vivian Liberto est née le 23 avril 1934 au Texas, États-Unis. Elle était mariée à Richard Laurence Distin et Johnny Cash. Elle est morte le 24 mai 2005 en Californie, États-Unis.
Met Johnny Cash at a skating rink in San Antonio, TX on July 18, 1951. Three weeks later, Cash was deployed to Germany for a three-year tour with the Air Force. The two were married on August 7, 1954 in San Antonio, one month after Cash's discharge from the service.