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Jack Schlossberg

John Bouvier Kennedy "Jack" Schlossberg (born January 19, 1993) is an American writer. He has written for Time, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Politico, and CNN among others. He became a political correspondent for Vogue magazine in 2024.

Born and raised in New York City, Schlossberg is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard University where he obtained his joint Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees. He is the son of diplomat Caroline Kennedy and designer Edwin Schlossberg and the only grandson of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

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 author and diplomat Caroline Kennedy and designer and artist Edwin Schlossberg. 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 granduncle as well as godfather,[3] and he served as ringbearer to 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] His father comes from an Orthodox Jewish family of Ukrainian descent, 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.[7]

Schlossberg attended Collegiate School, a private school for boys in Manhattan. In eighth grade, he co-founded ReLight New York, a nonprofit organization that installed energy-efficient compact fluorescent lights in low-income housing developments.[8] 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.[9][10] He then attended Yale University's Trumbull College,[11] graduating in 2015 with a degree in history, with a focus on Japanese history.[12] While at Yale, Schlossberg was known to perform stand-up comedy,[1] was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity,[13] and wrote for the Yale Daily News, and the Yale Herald where he was an editor-in-chief.[14] 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 for Clean Harbors.[15][1] Schlossberg briefly 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] The following year, he passed the New York State bar exam.[nb 1][17]

Career

Since 2011, Schlossberg has written for publications and news outlets like Time, The Washington Post, New York magazine,[18] Politico, and CNN. He has also written op-eds for The New York Times,[19] USA Today, and HuffPost.[20][21]

In 2015, through the company’s overseas graduates hiring program, Schlossberg started working at Rakuten a Japanese internet and e-commerce company, in Tokyo.[22][9] He also held a position in the Global Business Development Division of Suntory, a Japanese brewing, distilling, and beverage company.[15]

Schlossberg went back to the States in 2016 to work as a staff assistant in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, part of the U.S. Department of State.[15] The same year, he was appointed to the John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission by 44th U.S. President Barack Obama to carry out activities to honor former President Kennedy on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth.[15]

In July 2024, after graduating from Harvard and passing the bar exam, Schlossberg began working for Vogue as a political correspondent in an effort by the magazine to encourage its readers to vote.[23][24] He "emerged as a staff favorite" and was appointed for "his irreverent but intelligent takes on the political landscape" per Vogue.[25]

Politics

Schlossberg first became interested in politics in 2007 when then Illinois senator Barack Obama began his presidential primary campaign.[23] 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, President Kennedy.[26]

In 2011, Schlossberg wrote an op-ed for The New York Times responding to a critical column about former President Kennedy's legacy.[27] The piece "launched the political career" of then 18-year-old Schlossberg per The Atlantic.[19] 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."[28]

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

Schlossberg was a keynote speaker in the 2012 Virginia Young Democrats Convention.[29] He also worked as a policy assistant on public safety for New Haven's Board Of Alderman, and co-founded "Yale for Chris Murphy" in support of Murphy's Connecticut senate candidacy.[30] In an opinion piece for the The Washington Post in 2016, he encouraged young voters to support Hillary Clinton for president.[31]

In the succeeding years, Schlossberg took an increasingly active role in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum including its New Frontier Award where he served as chair of the selection committee until its last and 20th ceremony in 2023.[32][33] He is also in the annual Profile in Courage Award selection committee also serving as event host and presenter.[34][35] 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.[36] He has also accompanied his mother Caroline in her duties as ambassador of Japan and Australia.[37][38]

Media outlets have commented that Schlossberg is the new face of the Kennedy family and is a rising star of the Democratic party.[39][40][41][42][43] In August 2020, Schlossberg gave a virtual address on the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention with mother Caroline and endorsed Joe Biden's run for presidency.[44] He has publicly criticized the presidential campaign of his relative Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in July 2023.[45] In August 2024, he gave his first in-person speech on the second night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago endorsing Kamala Harris.[46]

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 U.S. elections.[47]

In the media

Schlossberg’s first live television appearance was in an interview with CNN at the 2012 Democratic National Convention when he was 19 years old.[48] In 2016, he attended the Met Gala, and was included in the Vanity Fair annual International Best Dressed List.[49] He had a cameo role in the eighth-season finale of the television show Blue Bloods in 2018.[50][51]

Schlossberg has mostly kept himself out of the public eye until months prior to the 2024 U.S. presidential election when he began posting political commentary and comedic sketches on social media.[52][53][54][55] Marie Claire attributed his rise to influence to his "magic combination of political pedigree, an unnervingly chiseled face and body, and, most importantly, an aptitude for communicating complicated political messages to a terminally short-attention-span youth audience."[56]

Personal life

Schlossberg is fond of water sports, particularly paddleboarding.[57][58]

Notes

  1. ^ Passing the bar exam and achieving a law degree is not the same as being a licensed attorney in New York.

References

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