- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 70, is John F. Kennedy’s nephew.
- He is a lawyer known for promoting baseless anti-vaccine conspiracy theories.
- Kennedy ran against Biden in the 2024 primaries, switched to an independent, and endorsed Trump.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer who has interview with his daughter Kick resurfaced — in it, she said her father had decapitated a dead whale they’d found on a beach near the Kennedy home in Hyannis Port when she was 6. According to Kick, he strapped the whale head to the roof of their minivan before their drive back to New York, prompting “whale juice” to “pour into the windows of the car.”
In September, the National Marine Fisheries Service told the Associated Press it was investigating the incident. In response to reporters’ questions about the incident, Kennedy said, “I’m not interested in feeding that feature of the mainstream media.”