Jack Schlossberg

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Jack Schlossberg
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Schlossberg in 2024
Born
John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg

(1993-01-19) January 19, 1993 (age 32)
New York City, U.S.
Education Yale University (BA)
Harvard University (JD, MBA)
OccupationWriter
Political party Democratic
Parents
Family Kennedy family
Bouvier family

John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg (born January 19, 1993) is an American writer and political correspondent. He has written about politics for several publications and news outlets, and has been a political correspondent for Vogue magazine since 2024. He is the only grandson of the 35th president of the United States John F. Kennedy and First lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.

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Early life and education

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 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. [9] 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. [10] He then attended Yale University, graduating in 2015 with a degree in history, with a focus on Japanese history. [11] While at Yale, Schlossberg was known to perform stand-up comedy, [1] was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, [12] and wrote for the Yale Daily News, and the Yale Herald where he was an editor-in-chief. [13] He also trained and worked as a volunteer emergency medical technician (EMT) in New Haven, Connecticut, and as environmental technician – cleaning out oil tanks and cleaning up spills around Boston. [1] 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. [14] The following year, he passed the New York State bar exam. [15]

Career

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 . [16]

In 2015, through the company’s overseas graduates hiring program, Schlossberg started working at Rakuten, a Japanese internet and e-commerce company, in Tokyo. [17] [10] He also worked at the Japanese distillery Suntory. [10] 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. [18]

Schlossberg began working for Vogue as a political correspondent in 2024 after graduating from Harvard Law School and passing the bar exam. [19] He "emerged as a staff favorite" and was appointed for his "irreverent but intelligent takes on the political landscape" per Vogue. [20]

Politics

Schlossberg first became interested in politics in 2007, when then-Illinois senator Barack Obama began his presidential primary campaign. [19] 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. [21]

In 2011, Schlossberg wrote to the editors at The New York Times responding to a critical column about President Kennedy's legacy, which was published as a letter to the editor. The piece "launched the political career" of then 18-year-old Schlossberg per The Atlantic . [22] 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." [23]

Schlossberg with 46th U.S. President Joe Biden and mother Caroline in Boston in 2022 Biden with Caroline Kennedy and Jack Schlossberg.jpg
Schlossberg with 46th U.S. President Joe Biden and mother Caroline in Boston in 2022

He co-founded "Yale for Murphy" in 2012 in support of Democrat Chris Murphy's Connecticut senate candidacy. [24] In November 2013, Schlossberg introduced 44th U.S. President Obama at the Medal of Freedom Award gala which commemorated the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's death. [25] [26] In 2016, in an opinion piece for The Washington Post, he encouraged young voters to support Hillary Clinton for president. [27] He has also 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. [32] [33]

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. [34] In 2023, Schlossberg publicly criticized the presidential campaign of his first cousin once removed, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and supported Biden’s re-election. [35]

Schlossberg gave his first in-person speech on the second night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where he endorsed Kamala Harris. [36] 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. [37]

Public image

Schlossberg has been the subject of media coverage throughout his life but was largely kept out of the public eye growing up. [38] [32] His first live television appearance was in an interview with CNN at the 2012 Democratic National Convention when he was 19 years old. [39] In 2016, Schlossberg attended the Met Gala with his mother Caroline, [40] and was included in the Vanity Fair annual International Best-Dressed List. [41] He had a cameo role in the eighth-season finale of the television show Blue Bloods in 2018. [42] [43] In September 2024, he was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where he encouraged young people to vote. [44]

Media outlets have portrayed Schlossberg as a "new face" of the Kennedy family, and a "new hope" of the Democratic party. [45] [46] Months prior to the 2024 U.S. presidential election he began posting political commentary and comedic sketches on social media. [47] In 2024, Jack Schlossberg was the subject of a look-alike contest held in Washington, DC. [48]

In February 2025, Schlossberg deleted his X and Instagram accounts after months of political commentary and satire related to the 2024 U.S. presidential election. He had publicly opposed his cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign and later his nomination by President Donald Trump for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Before leaving social media, he called on his family to denounce RFK Jr. and shared his mother Caroline Kennedy’s statement against the nomination. In his final post on X, he wrote, "I'm sorry to everyone I hurt. I was wrong. I'm deleting all my social media. Forever. It's been fun. Thanks anyways everyone," before deactivating his accounts. [49] [50]

On February 18, 2025, Schlossberg reactivated his X and Instagram accounts to call attention to DOGE's closure of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. [51] [52] He posted a video to Instagram with the caption, "DOGE EAT DOGE WORLD — not surprising — this is real — they are taking over. Don’t act like you didn’t see it all coming !!" [53] Shortly after Schlossberg's return to social media, along with public push-back from other individuals, the JFK Library and Museum announced it would reopen. [54]

Personal life

Schlossberg is fond of water sports, particularly paddleboarding. [55] [56]

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