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The Untold Truth Of Jackie Kennedy

John F. Kennedy's alleged infidelities have been widely reported. According to People, the 35th president of the United States purportedly bedded the likes of "White House intern" Mimi Alford, Judith Exner (also the alleged mistress of Chicago mobster Sam Giancana), and, most famously, actor Marilyn Monroe. In their 2014 book "Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Life Beyond Her Wildest Dreams," authors Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince made quite a scandalous claim: Namely, that Jackie Kennedy intended to divorce JFK. Had she done so, it would've made Jackie the first-ever first lady to "divorce a sitting President," reported the Daily Mail.

The book claimed Jackie was at her wit's end over JFK's alleged affairs, and Monroe's notoriously sultry "Happy Birthday Mr. President" roundelay supposedly proved to be the breaking point. Jackie's father-in-law, Joe Kennedy, reportedly "offered" to give her "a check for one million dollars" to prevent the divorce (per the Daily Mail). If the book can be believed, Jackie told Joe that amount would need to be kicked up to "twenty million dollars" if JFK happened to "[bring] home any venereal disease."

In "Jackie, Janet & Lee," author J. Randy Taraborrelli claimed Jackie considered divorcing JFK on at least two occasions (via People). Both times, she was reportedly talked out of the idea by her mom, Janet Auchincloss, and her sister, Lee Radziwill. According to Taraborrelli's book, Radziwill told Jackie that "it didn't matter that [JFK] was unfaithful." 

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Almeda Bohannan

Update: 2024-05-05