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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 | Writer |
Political party | Democratic |
Parents | |
Family | Kennedy family Bouvier family |
Website | https://jackuno.com/ |
John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg (born January 19, 1993) is an American writer. He has written about politics for several publications and news outlets. He is the only grandson of the 35th president of the United States John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg [1] was born in New York City on January 19, 1993. [2] Known as “Jack”, he is the youngest of three children of designer and artist Edwin Schlossberg and author and diplomat Caroline Kennedy. He is 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. Senator Ted Kennedy was his grand-uncle as well as godfather, [3] and he served as ringbearer in his uncle John F. Kennedy Jr.'s wedding. [4]
Schlossberg and his two older sisters, Rose and Tatiana, were primarily raised in Manhattan's Upper East Side, [5] and have also spent significant time at the Martha's Vineyard estate of their maternal grandmother, the First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, while growing up. [2] During the summers, he worked on a charter fishing boat. [6] He also played in baseball and basketball leagues in Manhattan. [7] His father comes from an Orthodox Jewish family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent from Ukraine, and his mother is a Catholic of Irish, French, Scottish, and English descent. He was raised Catholic, but his mother would also "incorporate Hanukkah" in the family's holiday celebrations. [8] Schlossberg has been the subject of media coverage throughout his life but was largely kept out of the public eye growing up. [9] [10]
Schlossberg attended Collegiate School. In eighth grade, he co-founded ReLight New York, a nonprofit organization that installed energy-efficient compact fluorescent lights in low-income housing developments. [11] In 2010, Schlossberg worked in Washington, D.C. as a senate page and the following year, as a senate intern. [12] He then attended Yale University, graduating in 2015 with a degree in history, with a focus on Japanese history. [13] While at Yale, Schlossberg was known to perform stand-up comedy, [1] was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, [14] and wrote for the Yale Daily News, and the Yale Herald where he was an editor-in-chief. [15] Schlossberg 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] In February 2023, he passed the New York State bar exam. [17]
Since 2011, Schlossberg has written for numerous publications and news outlets, including Time , The Washington Post , New York Magazine, Politico , and CNN. He has also written op-eds for The New York Times , USA Today , and HuffPost . [18]
In 2015, Schlossberg started working at Rakuten, a Japanese internet and e-commerce company, in Tokyo. [19] [12] He also worked at the Japanese distillery Suntory. [12] He met Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten, while visiting Sendai accompanying his mother on her duties as US ambassador to Japan. [20] Schlossberg returned to the United States in 2016 to work as a staff assistant in the State Department's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. [21] He had a cameo role in the eighth-season finale of the television show Blue Bloods in 2018. [22] [23]
Schlossberg began working for Vogue as a political correspondent in 2024 after graduating from Harvard Law School and passing the bar exam. [24] [25]
Schlossberg first became interested in politics in 2007, when then-Illinois senator Barack Obama began his presidential primary campaign. [24] He recalled that he was never forced to enter politics but Obama's campaign inspired him to learn about it and to study the legacy of his grandfather, John F. Kennedy. [26] In 2012, 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." [27] He has accompanied his mother Caroline in her duties as ambassador of Japan and Australia. [28] [29]
In the succeeding years, Schlossberg took an increasingly active role in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum where he served as chair of the selection committee for the New Frontier Award until its last and 20th ceremony in 2023. [30] [31] Schlossberg has also served as event host, presenter and member of the annual Profile in Courage Award selection committee. [10] [32]
In August 2020, Schlossberg gave a virtual address on the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention with his mother, Caroline, and endorsed Joe Biden's run for presidency. [33] In 2023, Schlossberg publicly criticized the presidential campaign of his first cousin once removed, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and supported Biden’s re-election. [34]
Schlossberg gave his first in-person speech on the second night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where he endorsed Kamala Harris. [35] In September 2024, Schlossberg became co-chair of the environmental organization Climate Power's campaign "Too Hot Not to Vote", an initiative designed to "engage, educate and motivate people to vote for climate and clean energy champions” in the 2024 presidential election. [36] Media outlets have portrayed Schlossberg as a "new face" of the Kennedy family, and a "new hope" of the Democratic party. [37] [38]