Jack Schlossberg, the only grandson of the late President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, announced Tuesday evening that he is running for U.S. Congress.
The 32-year-old son of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg said he is running for the New York City seat long held by U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., who in September announced that he was resigning.
“I’m running for Congress to represent my home, New York’s 12th Congressional District, where I was born and raised, where I rode the bus to school from one end of the district to the other every day,” Schlossberg said. in a video announcing his candidacy.
“This is the best part of the greatest city on Earth,” he said.
Schlossberg's policies are consistent with a family tradition of loyalty to the Democratic Party. He has developed into an eccentric social media personality, often railing against President Donald Trump, Republicans in general and his once-ousted cousin, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Schlossberg has been an outspoken critic of Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist.
“He trades on Camelot, celebrity conspiracy theories and conflicts for personal gain and fame,” Schlossberg. said about Kennedy in 2023 after the latter refused to support former President Joe Biden's re-election bid.
Schlossberg earned a bachelor's degree in history from Yale University and a law degree and an MBA from Harvard. In July 2024, he joined Vogue as a political correspondent for that year's presidential election.
He noted that his campaign will be dedicated to fighting Trump's policies.
New York's 12th Congressional District makes up the geographic heart of Manhattan, including all of Central Park and much of the island north of Greenwich Village and south of Harlem.
“We have the best hospitals and schools, restaurants and museums,” Schlossberg said in a statement Tuesday. “This is the financial and media capital of the world. This district needs to have a representative who can take the creativity, energy and drive of this district and turn it into political power in Washington.”
