New jfk jr biography

John F. Kennedy Jr. never knew a life out of the public eye. Born three weeks after his father was elected president, he moved into the White House with his family at just two months old and almost instantly, he became the subject of intense media attention.

His mother Jackie tried to create as normal a childhood as possible for both John and his older sister Caroline, but their photos regularly appeared on the covers of magazines and newspapers, as they became symbols of the youth and vitality that the Kennedy administration came to represent.

And when President Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, the image of a 3-year-old John giving his father's casket a salute during the funeral became etched in the annals of history.

America's fascination with John continued as he go