Photos: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. through the years
The life of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, in photos:
Robert Kennedy Jr., when asked why he was wearing a "Black is beautiful," button Thursday on April 1, 1982 in New York He points to his fiance Emily Black. Her reaction was even more simple. She just pointed to herself and smiled. The couple at Trax after friend gave Kennedy a bachelor party in New York earlier in the evening. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Emily Black Kennedy, at right with Art Buchwald, center at a reception celebrating the publication of the autobiography of Virginia Durr, "Outside the Magic Circle", at the library of New York University on Feb 19, 1986, at New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
President Bill Clinton chats with Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy, and her son, Robert Kennedy Jr., before the start of a memorial mass, Sunday, June 6, 1993 at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Thousands joined the Kennedy family to honor RFK on the 25th anniversary of his death. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fishes with his son Bobby, 8, left, and daughter Kathleen, nicknamed "Kick," on the dock of his 11-acre Mount Kisco estate, Sept. 7, 1993.
Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a ceremony in Washington Tuesday July 22, 1997 where the Earth Conservation Corps released four three-month eagles. Challenger the Eagle, the only trained free-flying eagle in the U.S. who entertained during the event is at right. (AP Photo/Ruth Fremson)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears with Liz Claiborne at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards in New York, Thursday, June 15, 2000. Claiborne was honored with the lifetime achievement award. (AP Photo/Mitch Jacobson)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., president of the Waterkeeper Alliance, addresses the delegates at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, July 28, 2004, in Boston. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., gestures while speaking at Unity College in Unity, Maine, Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies in Superior Court in Stamford, Conn., Tuesday, April 17, 2007, at a hearing to determine whether his cousin, Michael Skakel, should receive a new trial in the 1975 bludgeoning death of Martha Moxley. Skakel was tried and found guilty of Moxley's death in 2002. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
Actor Jim Carrey, left, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speak on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 4, 2008, during a rally calling for the elimination of toxins from children's vaccines. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the Green Sunday At Red Rocks Democratic National Convention welcoming concert in Morrison, Colo. on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., left, speaks with former United States President Bill Clinton during a ceremony to mark the official renaming of the Triborough Bridge to the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
MSG: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Mary arrive during funeral services for U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts August 29, 2009. Senator Kennedy died late Tuesday after a battle with cancer. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, gestures as he speaks during a news conference as he endorses Gov. Charlie Crist, right, in Crist's independent candidacy for the Senate, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 at Shelby's Kitchen & Deli in Deerfield Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes remarks during a rally Monday, May 7, 2012, in Portland, Ore. Columbia Riverkeeper, the Sierra Club, Climate Solutions and Greenpeace sponsored the rally to fight a half-dozen proposals to ship coal from Montana and Wyoming to Asia through Northwest ports. The opponents warn of local problems from coal dust and long coal trains. They also say expanding Asian access to American coal would be bad for the world environment. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and his children turn away after paying their respects at the casket of Mary Richardson Kennedy, in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery in Centerville, Mass., Saturday, May 19, 2012. Mary Richardson Kennedy was found dead of an apparent suicide last week at her home in Bedford, N.Y. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends the premiere of the HBO documentary "Ethel" at the Time Warner Center on Monday Oct. 15, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is arrested in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, as prominent environmental leaders tied themselves to the White House gate to protest the Keystone XL oil pipeline. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
Activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, attend the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award ceremony, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Woody Harrelson, left, star of "LBJ," embraces Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the premiere of the film at the ArcLight Hollywood on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Cheryl Hines, right, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. appear in the audience at the 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. attends the 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards at the New York Hilton Midtown on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
Attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks after a hearing challenging the constitutionality of the state legislature's repeal of the religious exemption to vaccination on behalf of New York state families who held lawful religious exemptions, during a rally outside the Albany County Courthouse Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
Attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks against proposed Democratic bills that would add new doses of vaccines to attend school, during a protest rally on behalf of New York state families against the vaccination of children at the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of Robert Kennedy, stages a protest against the COVID-19 vaccination green pass in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at an event where he announced his run for president on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., arrives to testify before a House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenges President Biden, the stories he tells on the campaign trail about himself, his life's work and what he stands for are often the opposite of what his record actually shows.
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As voters display a lack of enthusiasm for a Biden-Trump presidential rematch in 2024, could Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pull more votes from Joe Biden or Donald Trump?
Robert Kennedy Jr.'s presidential ambitions resulted in public family drama after a political action committee aired a Super Bowl ad invoking the Democratic family's legacy to implicitly compare the independent candidate to his assassinated uncle, President John F. Kennedy.
It's the latest bizarre incident in Kennedy's quixotic campaign that has divided his famous family and left Republicans and Democrats alike concerned about his potential impact on the presidential contest.
The move would have once seemed unthinkable for Kennedy, a Democrat for most of his life and a member of a beloved Democratic dynasty.
Robert F. Kennedy said Friday he is suspending his independent presidential bid and is backing Donald Trump.
Kathleen Kennedy said when she was 6, her dad learned a dead whale washed ashore. He used a chainsaw to cut off and retrieve its head.
New polling shows Republicans hold a positive view of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but recent polling shows Americans overall are less positive. Also, there isn’t broad support for some of his views.
"Nothing is going to be off limits," he said Tuesday, speaking for the first time to thousands of U.S. Health and Human Services agency employees.
Kennedy was shot and killed June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles moments after giving a speech.
Kennedy's decision to "retire" the previous 17-member panel was widely decried by doctors' groups and public health organizations.