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'''John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg''' (born January 19, 1993)<ref name="Andersen">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781476775562/page/269/mode/2up |title=The Good Son: JFK Jr. and the Mother He Loved |publisher=Gallery Books |
'''John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg''' (born January 19, 1993)<ref name="Andersen">{{cite book |last=Andersen |first=Christopher P. |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781476775562/page/269/mode/2up |title=The Good Son: JFK Jr. and the Mother He Loved |publisher=Gallery Books |year=2014 |page=269 |isbn=978-1-4767-7556-2}}</ref> is an American journalist. He has written for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[New York (magazine)|''New York Magazine'']], [[Politico]], and [[CNN]] among others. He became a ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' magazine political correspondent in 2024. |
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Born and raised in New York City, Schlossberg is a graduate of [[Yale University]] and [[Harvard University]] where he obtained his joint [[Juris Doctor]] and [[Master of Business Administration]] degrees. He is the son of diplomat [[Caroline Kennedy]] and designer [[Edwin Schlossberg]] and the only grandson of [[John F. Kennedy]], the 35th [[president of the United States]], and [[First Lady of the United States|first lady]] [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]]. |
Born and raised in New York City, Schlossberg is a graduate of [[Yale University]] and [[Harvard University]] where he obtained his joint [[Juris Doctor]] and [[Master of Business Administration]] degrees. He is the son of diplomat [[Caroline Kennedy]] and designer [[Edwin Schlossberg]] and the only grandson of [[John F. Kennedy]], the 35th [[president of the United States]], and [[First Lady of the United States|first lady]] [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]]. |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg<ref name=" |
John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg<ref name="McNeil" /> was born in [[New York City]] on January 19, 1993,<ref name="Andersen" /> the youngest of three children of author and diplomat [[Caroline Kennedy]] and designer and artist [[Edwin Schlossberg]]. He was named after his maternal grandfather, the 35th U.S. president [[John F. Kennedy]], and matrilineal great-grandfather, the [[Wall Street]] [[stockbroker]] [[John Vernou Bouvier III]]. He and his two older sisters, [[Rose Schlossberg|Rose]] and [[Tatiana Schlossberg|Tatiana]], were primarily raised in [[Manhattan]]'s [[Upper East Side]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |title=How JFK's Grandson Stepped into the Spotlight |url=https://people.com/politics/how-jfks-only-grandson-stepped-into-the-spotlight-this-week-and-honored-his-familys-legacy/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> and has also spent significant time at their maternal grandmother’s – the first lady [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]] – place at [[Martha's Vineyard]] growing up.<ref name="Andersen" /> Schlossberg's father comes from an [[Orthodox Jewish]] family of [[Ukrainian American|Ukrainian]] descent, and his mother is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] of [[Irish American|Irish]], [[French American|French]], [[Scottish American|Scottish]], and [[English American|English]] descent. He was raised Catholic,<ref name="ifm">{{cite news |last1=Bloom |first1=Nate |url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_The_Brat_Pack_.shtml |title=Interfaith Celebrities: The Brat Pack |date=Summer 2008 |website=[[18Doors|InterfaithFamily]] |access-date=May 20, 2013 |archive-date=January 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102231022/https://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_The_Brat_Pack_.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> but his mother would also "incorporate Hanukkah" in the family's holiday celebrations.<ref name=KennedyChristmas>{{cite news |last=Jacobson |first=Aileen |title=A Kennedy Christmas |url=http://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/a-kennedy-christmas-1.541128 |newspaper=[[Newsday]] |location=Melville, New York |date=December 5, 2007 |access-date=December 5, 2007 |archive-date=November 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131116061814/http://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/a-kennedy-christmas-1.541128 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The politician [[Ted Kennedy]] was his godfather.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kennedy |first=Caroline |author-link1=Caroline Kennedy |last2=Schlossberg |first2=Jack |last3=Crowley |first3=Candy |title=Caroline Kennedy and her son, talk with CNN's Candy Crowley |url=https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/06/caroline-kennedy-and-her-son-talk-with-cnns-candy-crowley/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909010816/http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/06/caroline-kennedy-and-her-son-talk-with-cnns-candy-crowley/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 9, 2012 |access-date=2024-08-24 }}</ref> In 1996, he served as [[Page boy (wedding attendant)|ringbearer]] to his uncle [[John F. Kennedy Jr.]]'s wedding.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Gliatto |first=Tom |title=Bridal Sweet |url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-bridal-sweet-vol-46-no-15/ |date=October 7, 1996 |access-date=2024-09-08 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] }}</ref> |
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Schlossberg attended [[Collegiate School (New York City)|Collegiate School]], a private school for boys in [[Manhattan]]. In eighth grade, he co-founded ReLight New York, a non-profit organization that raised more than $100,000 to install [[Compact fluorescent lamp|compact fluorescent lights]] in low-income housing developments.<ref name="Kennedys 4.0">{{cite |
Schlossberg attended [[Collegiate School (New York City)|Collegiate School]], a private school for boys in [[Manhattan]]. In eighth grade, he co-founded ReLight New York, a non-profit organization that raised more than $100,000 to install [[Compact fluorescent lamp|compact fluorescent lights]] in low-income housing developments.<ref name="Kennedys 4.0">{{cite magazine |last=Zibart |first=Eve |url=http://bostoncommon-magazine.com/personalities/articles/kennedys-four-point-o-the-dynasty-endures |title=Kennedys 4.0: The Dynasty Endures |date=June 18, 2012 |magazine=[[Boston Common]] |access-date=December 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101110318/http://bostoncommon-magazine.com/personalities/articles/kennedys-four-point-o-the-dynasty-endures |archive-date=2013-01-01 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A member of the Young Democrats club in high school, he organized a trip to [[Canvassing|canvass]] for [[Barack Obama]]’s campaign in [[Pennsylvania]]. In 2010, Schlossberg worked in [[Washington, D.C.]] as a [[Page of the United States Senate|senate page]] and the following year, as a senate intern.<ref name="Kaloi">{{Cite magazine |last=Kaloi |first=Stephanie |title=All About JFK's Grandson Jack Schlossberg |url=https://people.com/all-about-jfk-grandson-jack-schlossberg-7972191 |access-date=2024-08-26 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=July 22, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schlossberg |first1=Jack |title=Schlossberg Commencement Address |journal=[[Congressional Record]] |date=June 27, 2011 |volume=157 |number=93 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2011-06-27/html/CREC-2011-06-27-pt1-PgS4126-3.htm }}</ref> He then attended [[Yale University]]'s [[Trumbull College]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |date=2011-08-26 |title=Schlossberg: Dreams of college life |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2011/08/26/schlossberg-dreams-of-college-life/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |newspaper=[[Yale Daily News]]}}</ref> graduating in 2015 with a degree in history, with a focus on Japanese history.<ref name="people562015">{{cite magazine |last1=McNeil |first1=Liz|title=JFK's Grandson Jack Schlossberg: 5 Things to Know About Him|url=http://www.people.com/article/jack-schlossberg-jfk-grandson-five-things|access-date=July 12, 2015|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=May 6, 2015|archive-date=April 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422085635/https://people.com/article/jack-schlossberg-jfk-grandson-five-things/|url-status=live}}</ref> While at Yale, Schlossberg was known to perform [[stand-up comedy]],<ref name="McNeil">{{Cite web |title=Jack Schlossberg, President John F. Kennedy's Grandson |url=https://people.com/celebrity/jack-schlossberg-president-john-f-kennedys-grandson/ |date=May 6, 2015 |access-date=2024-08-30 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> was a member of the [[Sigma Phi Epsilon]] fraternity,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prominent Alumni |url=https://sigep.org/about/history-and-facts/prominent-alumni/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=SigEp}}</ref> and wrote for the ''[[Yale Daily News]],'' and the ''[[Yale Herald]]'' where he was editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brennan |first=Danielle |title=JFK's grandson takes center stage: 9 things we know about Jack |work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]] |date=November 21, 2013 |access-date=February 8, 2014 |url=http://www.today.com/news/jfks-grandson-takes-center-stage-9-things-we-know-about-2D11635076 |archive-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205051557/https://www.today.com/news/jfks-grandson-takes-center-stage-9-things-we-know-about-2D11635076 |url-status=live }}</ref> He also worked as a volunteer [[emergency medical technician]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut]], and as environmental technician – cleaning out oil tanks and cleaning up spills – around Boston for [[Clean Harbors]].<ref name="American Presidency Project">{{cite web |date=November 18, 2016 |title=Barack Obama: Press Release - President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts |work=American Presidency Project |publisher=UC Santa Barbara |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=121559 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928022210/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=121559 |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |access-date=September 7, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="McNeil" /> Schlossberg briefly lived and worked in Japan before enrolling at [[Harvard University]] where he graduated from the joint [[JD–MBA|Juris Doctor – Master of Business Administration]] program at [[Harvard Law School]] and [[Harvard Business School]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last=Slane |first=Kevin |title=JFK's grandson on Harvard Law School: 'I don't have a life, but that's what I signed up for.' |date=November 17, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |access-date=August 4, 2023 |url=https://www.boston.com/culture/local-news/2017/11/17/jfks-grandson-once-you-start-law-school-people-are-too-busy-studying-to-care-who-you-are |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423144120/https://www.boston.com/culture/local-news/2017/11/17/jfks-grandson-once-you-start-law-school-people-are-too-busy-studying-to-care-who-you-are/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The following year, he passed the New York State bar exam.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Pennington |first=Juliet |title=Jack Schlossberg Says It ‘Feels Great’ to Have Passed New York State Bar Exam on First Try (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/jack-schlossberg-feels-great-pass-bar-exam-first-try-exclusive-8384519 |access-date=2024-09-09 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Since 2011, Schlossberg has written articles, focusing on politics and the environment, for several publications and media outlets including ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'',<ref>{{Cite |
Since 2011, Schlossberg has written articles, focusing on politics and the environment, for several publications and media outlets including ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'',<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |date=2017-10-31 |title=Articles by Jack Schlossberg |url=https://time.com/author/jack-schlossberg/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] }}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'',<ref name="Schlossberg 2023-04-12">{{Cite news |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |date=2023-04-12 |title=JFK's grandson: Young people have a duty to vote for Hillary Clinton |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jfks-grandson-young-people-have-a-duty-to-vote-for-hillary-clinton/2016/11/04/57f10df8-a2b2-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html |access-date=2024-08-24 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] }}</ref> [[New York (magazine)|''New York Magazine'']],<ref name="Schlossberg 2017" /> [[Politico]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |title=Ted Cruz Is No Jack Kennedy |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/ted-cruz-john-f-kennedy-213545/ |website=[[Politico]]}}</ref> [[CNN]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |date=2012-09-05 |title=Young Democrat’s buzz-worthy moments |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/04/politics/schlossberg-young-dem-buzz-worthy/index.html |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=[[CNN]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |date=2013-08-01 |title=50 years later, civil rights struggle is far from over |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/01/opinion/schlossberg-voting-rights/index.html |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=[[CNN]] }}</ref> [[Medium (website)|Medium]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |date=2017-05-15 |title=A Conversation with President Obama on Political Courage |url=https://medium.com/@JFKLibrary/a-conversation-with-president-obama-on-political-courage-7c099573313e |access-date=2024-08-24 |work=John F. Kennedy Library Foundation |via=Medium}}</ref> and ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |date=June 21, 2017 |title=Jack Schlossberg Loves America – But Not the Current Leadership |url=https://people.com/politics/jfks-grandson-jack-schlossberg-loves-america-but-not-the-current-leadership-trump/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611110631/https://people.com/politics/jfks-grandson-jack-schlossberg-loves-america-but-not-the-current-leadership-trump/ |archive-date=June 11, 2023 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> He has also written [[Op-ed|op-eds]] for the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'',<ref name="Schlossberg 2011-12-02">{{Cite news |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |date=2011-12-02 |title=From J.F.K.'s Grandson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/03/opinion/jfks-legacy-as-seen-by-his-grandson.html |access-date=2024-08-26 |work=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Schlossberg |first1=Jack Schlossberg and |first2=Albert |last2=Hunt |title=Courageous leadership requires sacrifice: Column |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/04/23/kennedy-politics-bush-congress-clinton-column/8047957/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=[[USA Today]] }}</ref> and [[HuffPost|Huffington Post]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |date=2014-04-25 |title=Profiles in Courage in Our Time |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/profiles-in-courage-in-our-time_b_5213634 |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref> |
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[[File:Jack_Schlossberg.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Schlossberg in [[Yamaguchi Prefecture|Yamaguchi, Japan]] in 2016]]In 2015, through the company’s overseas graduates hiring program, Schlossberg started working at [[Rakuten|Rakuten, Inc]]., a Japanese internet and e-commerce company, in [[Tokyo]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLASDZ16INP_W5A111C1TJC000/ |title=ケネディ駐日米大使の息子が楽天入社 営業など担当 |trans-title=Son of U.S. Ambassador to Japan Kennedy Joins Rakuten and Responsible for Sales and Others |date=December 16, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Nikkei]] |location=Tokyo |access-date=August 4, 2023 |language=Japanese |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802174427/https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLASDZ16INP_W5A111C1TJC000/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=" |
[[File:Jack_Schlossberg.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Schlossberg in [[Yamaguchi Prefecture|Yamaguchi, Japan]] in 2016]]In 2015, through the company’s overseas graduates hiring program, Schlossberg started working at [[Rakuten|Rakuten, Inc]]., a Japanese internet and e-commerce company, in [[Tokyo]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLASDZ16INP_W5A111C1TJC000/ |title=ケネディ駐日米大使の息子が楽天入社 営業など担当 |trans-title=Son of U.S. Ambassador to Japan Kennedy Joins Rakuten and Responsible for Sales and Others |date=December 16, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Nikkei]] |location=Tokyo |access-date=August 4, 2023 |language=Japanese |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802174427/https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLASDZ16INP_W5A111C1TJC000/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Kaloi" /> He also held a position in the Global Business Development Division of [[Suntory Holdings Limited]], a Japanese brewing, distilling, and beverage company.<ref name="American Presidency Project" /> |
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Schlossberg went back to the States in 2016 to work as a staff assistant in the [[Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs]], part of the [[United States Department of State|U.S. Department of State]].<ref name=" |
Schlossberg went back to the States in 2016 to work as a staff assistant in the [[Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs]], part of the [[United States Department of State|U.S. Department of State]].<ref name="American Presidency Project" /> The same year, he was appointed to the [[John F. Kennedy]] Centennial Commission by 44th U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] to carry out activities to honor 35th U.S. President Kennedy on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth.<ref name="American Presidency Project" /> |
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In July 2024, after graduating from Harvard and passing the bar exam, Schlossberg began working for ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' as a political correspondent in an effort by the magazine to encourage its readers to vote.<ref name=" |
In July 2024, after graduating from Harvard and passing the bar exam, Schlossberg began working for ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' as a political correspondent in an effort by the magazine to encourage its readers to vote.<ref name="Fisher">{{Cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=Hannah |last2=Jackson |first2=Peter |date=2024-07-10 |title=Jack Schlossberg Is Just Being Himself |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/jack-schlossberg-interview |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713054335/https://www.vogue.com/article/jack-schlossberg-interview |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |title=Articles by Jack Schlossberg |url=https://www.vogue.com/contributor/jack-schlossberg |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] }}</ref> He "emerged as a staff favorite" and was appointed for "his irreverent but intelligent takes on the political landscape" per ''Vogue''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garcia |first=Sandra E. |date=2024-07-12 |title=Jack Schlossberg Is Named a Political Correspondent for Vogue |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/style/jack-schlossberg-vogue-correspondent.html |access-date=2024-07-15 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> |
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=== Politics === |
=== Politics === |
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Schlossberg first became interested in politics in 2007 when then [[Illinois]] senator [[Barack Obama|Obama]] began his [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential primary campaign|presidential primary campaign]]. He recalled that at the time, all he "wanted to do was watch the news every day," adding that as he got older he connected his own [[Kennedy family|family history]] to his interest which made it more exciting.<ref name=" |
Schlossberg first became interested in politics in 2007 when then [[Illinois]] senator [[Barack Obama|Obama]] began his [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential primary campaign|presidential primary campaign]]. He recalled that at the time, all he "wanted to do was watch the news every day," adding that as he got older he connected his own [[Kennedy family|family history]] to his interest which made it more exciting.<ref name="Fisher" /> |
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In 2011, Schlossberg wrote an op-ed for the ''New York Times'' responding to a critical column about his grandfather [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name=" |
In 2011, Schlossberg wrote an op-ed for the ''New York Times'' responding to a critical column about his grandfather [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name="Schlossberg 2011-12-02" /> The piece "launched the political career" of then 18-year-old Schlossberg per ''[[The Atlantic]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Andrew |date=2011-12-04 |title=John Kennedy Schlossberg Defends JFK's Legacy in the 'New York Times' |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/12/john-kennedy-schlossberg-defends-jfks-legacy-in-the-new-york-times/249447/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=[[The Atlantic]] }}</ref> The following year, when asked about his interest in entering politics, Schlossberg stated: "Politics definitely interests me. I’m most interested in public service. I think that’s something that I got from being part of my family, which is such an honor."<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Shea |first1=James |date=September 9, 2012 |title=JFK's only grandson set to pursue a political career after college |website=IrishCentral |url=http://www.irishcentral.com/news/JFKs-only-grandson-set-to-pursue-a-political-career-after-college-169062286.html |access-date=August 19, 2020 |archive-date=January 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102231012/https://www.irishcentral.com/news/JFKs-only-grandson-set-to-pursue-a-political-career-after-college-169062286.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Schlossberg was a keynote speaker in the 2012 Virginia [[Young Democrats of America|Young Democrats]] Convention.<ref name=" |
Schlossberg was a keynote speaker in the 2012 Virginia [[Young Democrats of America|Young Democrats]] Convention.<ref name="Schlossberg 2012-04-06" /> He also worked as a policy assistant on public safety for [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]]’s [[Alderman|Board Of Alderman]], and co-founded "Yale for [[Chris Murphy]]" in support of Murphy's Connecticut senate candidacy.<ref name="Schlossberg 2012-04-06">{{Cite web |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |date=2012-04-06 |title=Schlossberg: Can't stop, won't stop, from VA to CT |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2012/04/06/schlossberg-cant-stop-wont-stop-from-va-to-ct/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=[[Yale Daily News]] }}</ref> In an opinion piece for the ''The Washington Post'' in 2016, he encouraged young voters to support [[Hillary Clinton|Hilary Clinton]] [[Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign|for president]].<ref name="Schlossberg 2023-04-12" /> |
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[[File:Biden_with_Caroline_Kennedy_and_Jack_Schlossberg.jpg|thumb|Schlossberg with 46th U.S. President [[Joe Biden]] and mother [[Caroline Kennedy|Caroline]] in Boston in 2022|250x250px]] |
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⚫ | Media outlets have commented that Schlossberg is the new face of the Kennedy family and is a rising star of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic party]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moran |first=Sharir |title=Meet JFK’s Grandson Jack Schlossberg, the Democrats' New Hope |url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2020-02-23/ty-article/.premium/jfks-grandson-jack-schlossberg-the-democrats-half-jewish-new-hope/0000017f-f19a-d8a1-a5ff-f19a36810000 |website=Haaretz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanahan |first=Mark |
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In the succeeding years, Schlossberg took an increasingly active role in the [[John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum]]'s annual New Frontier Award and [[Profile in Courage Award]] as a member of the selection committee and as event host and presenter.<ref>{{cite web |first=Rachel |last=Flor |date=November 11, 2013 |title=Press Release: Hawaii Congresswoman and Crowd-Funding Pioneer to Receive 2013 John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards |url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/About-Us/News-and-Press/Press-Releases/2013-New-Frontier-Award.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102231006/https://www.jfklibrary.org/About-Us/News-and-Press/Press-Releases/2013-New-Frontier-Award.aspx |archive-date=January 2, 2023 |access-date=February 13, 2014 |website=[[John F. Kennedy Library]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=November 13, 2014 |title=Myrick wins Kennedy innovation award |url=http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2014/11/13/myrick-wins-kennedy-innovation-award/18969313/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102231021/http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2014/11/13/myrick-wins-kennedy-innovation-award/18969313/ |archive-date=January 2, 2023 |access-date=January 19, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Ithaca Journal]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=McNeil |first=Liz |date=May 7, 2014 |title=Lauren Bush Lauren Raves About Jack Kennedy Schlossberg |url=http://www.people.com/article/kennedy-grandson-meets-president-bush-granddaughter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102231012/https://www.people.com/article/kennedy-grandson-meets-president-bush-granddaughter |archive-date=January 2, 2023 |access-date=January 19, 2015 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> In November 2013, Schlossberg introduced 44th U.S. President Obama at the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom|Medal of Freedom]] Award gala which commemorated the 50th anniversary of 35th U.S. President Kennedy’s death.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barack Obama Interview with Jack Schlossberg at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts |work=The American Presidency Project |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/interview-with-jack-schlossberg-the-john-f-kennedy-presidential-library-and-museum-boston |access-date=2024-09-02 }}</ref> He has also accompanied his mother [[Caroline Kennedy|Caroline]] in her duties as ambassador of Japan and Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FLOTUS ASIA 0006 |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/photos-and-video/photo/2015/04/flotusasia0006 |access-date=2024-09-03 |date=April 2015 |website=The White House }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Squires |first=Nick |date=2023-08-03 |title=John F Kennedy’s daughter and grandson recreate his heroic swim |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/08/03/john-f-kennedy-daughter-grandson-swim-solomon-islands/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Media outlets have commented that Schlossberg is the new face of the Kennedy family and is a rising star of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic party]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moran |first=Sharir |title=Meet JFK’s Grandson Jack Schlossberg, the Democrats' New Hope |url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2020-02-23/ty-article/.premium/jfks-grandson-jack-schlossberg-the-democrats-half-jewish-new-hope/0000017f-f19a-d8a1-a5ff-f19a36810000 |website=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanahan |first=Mark |title=Is this the new face of the Kennedy clan? |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2017/05/05/this-new-face-kennedy-clan/yreezZorYmPaB38MqfxyVM/story.html |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Shepard |first=Steven |date=August 19, 2020 |title=Dems take their convention on the road: Superlatives from Night 2 |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/19/dnc-night-2-superlatives-398386 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730191542/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/19/dnc-night-2-superlatives-398386 |archive-date=July 30, 2023 |access-date=July 29, 2023 |newspaper=[[Politico]] |quote=...the 27-year-old Schlossberg looked a potential future political candidate}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wallace |first=Francesco |date=May 8, 2017 |title=Meet John F. Kennedy's eligible grandson |url=https://www.vogue.com.au/miss-vogue/news/meet-john-f-kennedys-eligible-grandson/news-story/2c1c81ff244f2701621da6fda0b70418 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004081332/https://www.vogue.com.au/miss-vogue/news/meet-john-f-kennedys-eligible-grandson/news-story/2c1c81ff244f2701621da6fda0b70418 |archive-date=October 4, 2019 |access-date=July 29, 2023 |newspaper=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |quote=Schlossberg gives off future-politician vibes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhat |first=Devika |date=2014-01-02 |title=Kennedy grandson joins the political house that Jack built |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/kennedy-grandson-joins-the-political-house-that-jack-built-gkbxhz5gwmn |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=[[The Times]] }}</ref> In August 2020, Schlossberg gave a virtual address on the second night of the [[2020 Democratic National Convention]] with mother Caroline and endorsed [[Joe Biden]]’s run for presidency.<ref>{{cite news |last=Storey |first=Kate |date=2020-08-18 |title=Why Jack Schlossberg, President John F. Kennedy's Only Grandson, is Speaking at the 2020 DNC |url=https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a33636638/jack-kennedy-schlossberg-jfk-grandson-facts/ |access-date=2020-08-19 |magazine=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |archive-date=October 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005180400/https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a33636638/jack-kennedy-schlossberg-jfk-grandson-facts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He has publicly criticized the [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]] of his relative [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]] in July 2023 calling it an "embarrassment" and a "vanity project".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Epstein |first=Reid J. |date=2023-07-21 |title=J.F.K.’s Grandson Calls Robert Kennedy’s Campaign ‘an Embarrassment’ |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/us/politics/jfk-grandson-rfk-campaign.html |access-date=2024-09-02 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In August 2024, he gave his first in-person speech on the second night of the [[2024 Democratic National Convention]] in Chicago endorsing [[Kamala Harris]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |date=2024-08-20 |title=Read Jack Schlossberg’s Full Address to the 2024 Democratic National Convention |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/jack-schlossberg-address-to-the-2024-democratic-national-convention?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYIPufihJ_NQMYo6_WPSYKke3EmGvS1TpUF6UtEpLxFtCZePAPyyp55x0Y_aem_XCzC2dELZVDuEbw-H6OJWA |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]}}</ref> |
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== In the media == |
== In the media == |
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Schlossberg has been the subject of media coverage throughout his life – a paparazzi photo of him at 8 years old during his [[First Communion]] was on the front page of ''[[New York Daily News]]'' in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-03-02 |title=Daily News Front page 5/7/2001 |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/daily-news-front-page-5-7-2001-exclusive-hale-house-chief-news-photo/97291926 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Getty Images |
Schlossberg has been the subject of media coverage throughout his life – a paparazzi photo of him at 8 years old during his [[First Communion]] was on the front page of ''[[New York Daily News]]'' in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-03-02 |title=Daily News Front page 5/7/2001 |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/daily-news-front-page-5-7-2001-exclusive-hale-house-chief-news-photo/97291926 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=[[Getty Images]] }}</ref> His first live television appearance was in an interview with CNN at the [[2012 Democratic National Convention]] when he was 19 years old.<ref>{{Cite AV media |last=Sclossberg |first=Jack |url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/bestoftv/2012/09/07/dnc-crowley-kennedy-schlossberg-intv.cnn |title=JFK grandson’s first TV interview |date=2012-09-07 |access-date=2024-08-26 |work=CNN}}</ref> In 2016, he attended the [[Met Gala]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Norton |first=Eryn |date=2024-04-22 |title=Jack Schlossberg’s Style Over the Years: A Look Back at Caroline Kennedy’s Son, Photos |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/gallery/jack-schlossberg-photos-1236332816/congress-honors-jfk-legacy-at-50th-anniversary-of-his-inauguration-2/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=WWD }}</ref> and was included in the ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' annual International Best Dressed List.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Meredith Goldstein- |date=2017-09-06 |title=Vanity Fair names John F. Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg to its best-dressed list for 2017 |url=https://c.o0bg.com/lifestyle/names/2017/09/06/vanity-fair-names-john-kennedy-grandson-jack-schlossberg-its-best-dressed-list-for/YnBND3c1vySkEp3l0wDOIO/story.html |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=[[The Boston Globe]] }}</ref> He had a cameo role in the [[Blue Bloods (season 8)|eighth-season finale]] of the television show ''[[Blue Bloods (TV series)|Blue Bloods]]'' in 2018.<ref name="Haas 20182">{{cite magazine |last=Haas |first=Mariah |date=May 12, 2018 |title=John F. Kennedy's Only Grandson, Jack Schlossberg, Makes His Acting Debut on Blue Bloods |url=https://people.com/tv/john-f-kennedys-grandson-jack-schlossberg-blue-bloods/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802174429/https://people.com/tv/john-f-kennedys-grandson-jack-schlossberg-blue-bloods/ |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |access-date=May 12, 2018 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |date=2024-08-20 |title=You Don't Know Jack! |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a61098000/jack-schlossberg-jfk-interview-2024/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Town & Country |language=en-US}}</ref> He is a mainstay in several [[Eligible bachelor|"Most Eligible Bachelor"]] type lists in society magazines.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-31 |title=T&C's Top 50 Bachelors |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/g486/sexiest-men-2014-photos/?slide=12 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Town & Country |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-06 |title=T&C's Top 50 Bachelors Of 2015 |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/g1035/the-town-country-50-top-bachelors-2015/?slide=30 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Town & Country |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-05 |title=The Top 50 Bachelors of 2017 |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/g3163/top-50-bachelors-2017/?slide=5 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Town & Country |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-03 |title=The Town & Country Top 50 Bachelors of 2018 |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/g14426856/top-50-bachelors-2018/?slide=1 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Town & Country |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Abad-Santos |first=Alexander |last2=Jones |first2=Allie |date=2014-01-02 |title=A Guide: How to Be Town and Country's Sexiest Bachelor |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2014/01/guide-how-be-town-and-countrys-sexiest-bachelor/356638/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> |
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Schlossberg has mostly kept himself out of the public eye until months prior to the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 U.S. presidential election]] when he began posting political commentary and comedic sketches on social media.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Issawi |first=Danya |date=2024-06-27 |title=What’s the Deal With Jack Schlossberg? |url=https://www.thecut.com/article/who-is-jack-schlossberg.html |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=The Cut | |
Schlossberg has mostly kept himself out of the public eye until months prior to the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 U.S. presidential election]] when he began posting political commentary and comedic sketches on social media.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Issawi |first=Danya |date=2024-06-27 |title=What’s the Deal With Jack Schlossberg? |url=https://www.thecut.com/article/who-is-jack-schlossberg.html |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=[[The Cut (New York)|The Cut]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Spilde |first=Coleman |date=2024-05-07 |title=Everyone Is Thirsting Over Kennedy Grandson Jack Schlossberg |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/jack-schlossberg-is-the-internets-crush-after-shirtless-and-rfk-jr-videos |access-date=2024-08-27 |work=[[The Daily Beast]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Hannah |date=2024-05-09 |title=JFK’s Grandson, Jack Schlossberg, Is Memeing for Democracy |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/jfk-grandson-jack-schlossberg-memeing-for-democracy |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nazzaro |first=Miranda |date=2024-08-20 |title=Who is Jack Schlossberg? JFK's grandson speaks at DNC |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4837667-jack-schlossberg-dnc-jfk/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] }}</ref> ''[[Marie Claire]]'' attributed his rise to influence to his "magic combination of political pedigree, an unnervingly chiseled face and body, and, most importantly, an aptitude for communicating complicated political messages to a terminally short-attention-span youth audience."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Feneley |first=Ruby |date=2024-08-23 |title=Internet King Jack Schlossberg's DNC Speech |url=https://www.marieclaire.com.au/news/jack-schlossberg-dnc-speech/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Marie Claire |language=en-AU}}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Schlossberg is fond of [[List of water sports|water sports]], particularly [[Standup paddleboarding|paddleboarding]].<ref name="Schlossberg 2017">{{Cite web |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |date=2017-08-08 |title=Jack Schlossberg Completes Crazy Trip Around Manhattan for Charity |url=https://www.thecut.com/2017/08/jack-schlossberg-paddled-around-manhattan-for-charity.html |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=The Cut | |
Schlossberg is fond of [[List of water sports|water sports]], particularly [[Standup paddleboarding|paddleboarding]].<ref name="Schlossberg 2017">{{Cite web |last=Schlossberg |first=Jack |date=2017-08-08 |title=Jack Schlossberg Completes Crazy Trip Around Manhattan for Charity |url=https://www.thecut.com/2017/08/jack-schlossberg-paddled-around-manhattan-for-charity.html |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=[[The Cut (New York)|The Cut]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Pennington |first=Juliet |title=JFK's Grandson Jack Schlossberg Talks Climate Change and Why He's the Rock's 'Greatest Fan' |url=https://people.com/politics/jfk-grandson-jack-schlossberg-puppy/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:34, 13 September 2024
Jack Schlossberg | |
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Born | John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg January 19, 1993 New York City, U.S. |
Education | Yale University (BA) Harvard University (JD–MBA) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Political party | Democratic |
Parents | |
Family | Kennedy family Bouvier family |
John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg (born January 19, 1993)[1] is an American journalist. He has written for Time, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Politico, and CNN among others. He became a Vogue magazine political correspondent in 2024.
Born and raised in New York City, Schlossberg is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard University where he obtained his joint Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees. He is the son of diplomat Caroline Kennedy and designer Edwin Schlossberg and the only grandson of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Early life and education
John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg[2] was born in New York City on January 19, 1993,[1] the youngest of three children of author and diplomat Caroline Kennedy and designer and artist Edwin Schlossberg. He was named after his maternal grandfather, the 35th U.S. president John F. Kennedy, and matrilineal great-grandfather, the Wall Street stockbroker John Vernou Bouvier III. He and his two older sisters, Rose and Tatiana, were primarily raised in Manhattan's Upper East Side,[3] and has also spent significant time at their maternal grandmother’s – the first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – place at Martha's Vineyard growing up.[1] Schlossberg's father comes from an Orthodox Jewish family of Ukrainian descent, and his mother is a Catholic of Irish, French, Scottish, and English descent. He was raised Catholic,[4] but his mother would also "incorporate Hanukkah" in the family's holiday celebrations.[5] The politician Ted Kennedy was his godfather.[6] In 1996, he served as ringbearer to his uncle John F. Kennedy Jr.'s wedding.[7]
Schlossberg attended Collegiate School, a private school for boys in Manhattan. In eighth grade, he co-founded ReLight New York, a non-profit organization that raised more than $100,000 to install compact fluorescent lights in low-income housing developments.[8] A member of the Young Democrats club in high school, he organized a trip to canvass for Barack Obama’s campaign in Pennsylvania. In 2010, Schlossberg worked in Washington, D.C. as a senate page and the following year, as a senate intern.[9][10] He then attended Yale University's Trumbull College,[11] graduating in 2015 with a degree in history, with a focus on Japanese history.[12] While at Yale, Schlossberg was known to perform stand-up comedy,[2] was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity,[13] and wrote for the Yale Daily News, and the Yale Herald where he was editor-in-chief.[14] He also worked as a volunteer emergency medical technician in New Haven, Connecticut, and as environmental technician – cleaning out oil tanks and cleaning up spills – around Boston for Clean Harbors.[15][2] Schlossberg briefly lived and worked in Japan before enrolling at Harvard University where he graduated from the joint Juris Doctor – Master of Business Administration program at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School in 2022.[16] The following year, he passed the New York State bar exam.[17]
Career
Since 2011, Schlossberg has written articles, focusing on politics and the environment, for several publications and media outlets including Time,[18] The Washington Post,[19] New York Magazine,[20] Politico,[21] CNN,[22][23] Medium,[24] and People.[25] He has also written op-eds for the New York Times,[26] USA Today,[27] and Huffington Post.[28]
In 2015, through the company’s overseas graduates hiring program, Schlossberg started working at Rakuten, Inc., a Japanese internet and e-commerce company, in Tokyo.[29][9] He also held a position in the Global Business Development Division of Suntory Holdings Limited, a Japanese brewing, distilling, and beverage company.[15]
Schlossberg went back to the States in 2016 to work as a staff assistant in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, part of the U.S. Department of State.[15] The same year, he was appointed to the John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission by 44th U.S. President Barack Obama to carry out activities to honor 35th U.S. President Kennedy on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth.[15]
In July 2024, after graduating from Harvard and passing the bar exam, Schlossberg began working for Vogue as a political correspondent in an effort by the magazine to encourage its readers to vote.[30][31] He "emerged as a staff favorite" and was appointed for "his irreverent but intelligent takes on the political landscape" per Vogue.[32]
Politics
Schlossberg first became interested in politics in 2007 when then Illinois senator Obama began his presidential primary campaign. He recalled that at the time, all he "wanted to do was watch the news every day," adding that as he got older he connected his own family history to his interest which made it more exciting.[30]
In 2011, Schlossberg wrote an op-ed for the New York Times responding to a critical column about his grandfather John F. Kennedy.[26] The piece "launched the political career" of then 18-year-old Schlossberg per The Atlantic.[33] The following year, when asked about his interest in entering politics, Schlossberg stated: "Politics definitely interests me. I’m most interested in public service. I think that’s something that I got from being part of my family, which is such an honor."[34]
Schlossberg was a keynote speaker in the 2012 Virginia Young Democrats Convention.[35] He also worked as a policy assistant on public safety for New Haven’s Board Of Alderman, and co-founded "Yale for Chris Murphy" in support of Murphy's Connecticut senate candidacy.[35] In an opinion piece for the The Washington Post in 2016, he encouraged young voters to support Hilary Clinton for president.[19]
In the succeeding years, Schlossberg took an increasingly active role in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum's annual New Frontier Award and Profile in Courage Award as a member of the selection committee and as event host and presenter.[36][37][38] In November 2013, Schlossberg introduced 44th U.S. President Obama at the Medal of Freedom Award gala which commemorated the 50th anniversary of 35th U.S. President Kennedy’s death.[39] He has also accompanied his mother Caroline in her duties as ambassador of Japan and Australia.[40][41]
Media outlets have commented that Schlossberg is the new face of the Kennedy family and is a rising star of the Democratic party.[42][43][44][45][46] In August 2020, Schlossberg gave a virtual address on the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention with mother Caroline and endorsed Joe Biden’s run for presidency.[47] He has publicly criticized the presidential campaign of his relative Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in July 2023 calling it an "embarrassment" and a "vanity project".[48] In August 2024, he gave his first in-person speech on the second night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago endorsing Kamala Harris.[49]
In the media
Schlossberg has been the subject of media coverage throughout his life – a paparazzi photo of him at 8 years old during his First Communion was on the front page of New York Daily News in 2001.[50] His first live television appearance was in an interview with CNN at the 2012 Democratic National Convention when he was 19 years old.[51] In 2016, he attended the Met Gala,[52] and was included in the Vanity Fair annual International Best Dressed List.[53] He had a cameo role in the eighth-season finale of the television show Blue Bloods in 2018.[54][55] He is a mainstay in several "Most Eligible Bachelor" type lists in society magazines.[56][57][58][59][60]
Schlossberg has mostly kept himself out of the public eye until months prior to the 2024 U.S. presidential election when he began posting political commentary and comedic sketches on social media.[61][62][63][64] Marie Claire attributed his rise to influence to his "magic combination of political pedigree, an unnervingly chiseled face and body, and, most importantly, an aptitude for communicating complicated political messages to a terminally short-attention-span youth audience."[65]
Personal life
Schlossberg is fond of water sports, particularly paddleboarding.[20][66]
References
- ^ a b c Andersen, Christopher P. (2014). The Good Son: JFK Jr. and the Mother He Loved. Gallery Books. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-4767-7556-2.
- ^ a b c "Jack Schlossberg, President John F. Kennedy's Grandson". People. May 6, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
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