The early days of John F. Kennedy’s relationship with wife Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were full of ups and downs.
The new biography, JFK: Public, Private, Secret, by J. Randy Taraborrelli — published on Tuesday, July 15 — revealed that Jackie traveled to the Kennedy family’s home in Hyannis Port for the 4th of July weekend in 1952. Once the holiday came to an end, JFK went back to work as a budding politician.
“Because he was so busy, Jack wouldn’t see Jackie for two months,” Taraborrelli wrote, referring to JFK by his famed nickname. “He felt a little bad about it, especially after having had sex with her in Hyannis Port, but it had been the equivalent of a one-night stand for him.”
Both Jackie and JFK were “uninspired” by each other at that point, the book revealed.
“When he was with Jackie, it was fine,” the book reads. “When he wasn’t, that was fine too.”
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In November 1952, JFK had a change of heart after winning his Senate seat.
“By this time, it’d been five months since she’d heard from him, and she’d pretty much given up on him. She was hurt,” Taraborrelli wrote. “It was as if he’d gotten what he wanted from her, then ditched her.”
After a few more outings, the two had an “awkward phone call,” which felt as if they had broken up. Things were apparently up in the air when JFK left for a European trip in December 1952 — not telling Jackie that he left.
Things changed the following month when Jackie accompanied JFK to several high-profile political events in January 1953.
“Jack now apparently wanted her at his side at major events, and Jackie was excited, as was her mother,” Taraborrelli wrote. (Elsewhere in the book it was revealed that Jackie’s mom, Janet Auchincloss, was taken by the Kennedy family’s wealth.)
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JFK and Jackie married in Newport in 1953. They were together until his death a decade later. Jackie gave birth to the couple’s first child, a stillborn daughter named Arabella, in August 1956. They welcomed daughter Caroline in November 1957 and son John Jr. in November 1960. JFK and Jackie’s youngest son, Patrick, was born in August 1963 and died shortly after childbirth.
JFK was assassinated in November 1963 in Dallas at age 46. Jackie died in May 1994 at age 64 following a battle with cancer.
JFK: Public, Private, Secret is out now.
