Presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s cousin and John F. Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, has blasted his cousin’s election campaign as “embarrassing” in a scathing video message.
Schlossberg posted a video on Instagram on Friday criticizing his cousin’s presidential candidacy and endorsing incumbent President Joe Biden. The video was filmed from a car on his phone.
“Hi, I’m Jack Schlossberg and I have something to say,” he said, addressing the camera directly. “President John F. Kennedy is my grandfather and his legacy is important. It’s about a lot more than Camelot and conspiracy theories. It’s about public service and courage. It’s about civil rights, the Cuban missile crisis, and landing a man on the moon.”
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“Joe Biden shares my grandfather’s vision for America. That we do things not because they are easy but because they are hard,” Schlossberg said, “and he’s in the middle of becoming the greatest progressive president we’ve ever had.”
After listing an array of Bien’s achievements while in office, Schlossberg got back to denouncing his cousin. “I’ve listened to him. I know him. I have no idea why anyone thinks he should be president. What I do know is, his candidacy is an embarrassment. Let’s not be distracted, again, by somebody’s vanity project. What I do know is, his candidacy is an embarrassment. Let’s not be distracted, again, by somebody’s vanity project. I’m excited to vote for Joe Biden in my state’s primary and again in the general election — and I hope you will too,” he ended the video.
Who is Jack Schlossberg?
Jack Schlossberg is a 30-year-old attorney. He and RFK Jr. are cousins, once removed. Schlossberg’s mother is Caroline Kennedy, RFK Jr.’s first cousin. He was born on January 19, 1993 in New York. His name is a combination of his maternal grandfather, John F. Kennedy, and his maternal great-grandfather, John Vernou Bouvier III. Schlossberg has two older sisters, Rose and Tatiana.
Schlossberg graduated from Yale University in 2015 and from Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School in 2022. He has a degree in history with a focus on Japanese history. He became the only surviving male descendant of JFK’s immediate family after his maternal uncle, John F. Kennedy Jr., died in a plane crash in 1999.
In September 2012, he was asked about his political aspirations when he was just 19 years old. “Politics definitely interests me. I’m most interested in public service,” he responded at the time.
Aafter graduating from Yale, Schlossberg started working at Rakuten, Inc, a Japanese internet and e-commerce company, in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2016, Schlossberg worked as a staff assistant in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, part of the U.S. Department of State and Suntory Holdings Limited, a Japanese brewing, distilling and beverage company. On the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Schlossberg gave a speech entitled “We Lead from the Oval Office”.
