Joseph Patrick Kennedy II is an American businessman, Democratic politician, and a member of the Kennedy family. He is a son of former United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, and he is also a nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and former U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy.
Joseph P. Kennedy II
Kennedy (left) with Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn in the 1980s
Kennedy with a child in Boston, 1980s
Kennedy (center) attends a wreath-laying ceremony to honor President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery, November 2011
The Kennedy family is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics, public service, entertainment, and business. In 1884, 35 years after the family's arrival from County Wexford, Ireland, Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy became the first Kennedy elected to public office, serving in the Massachusetts state legislature until 1895. At least one Kennedy family member served in federal elective office from 1947, when P. J. Kennedy's grandson John F. Kennedy became a member of Congress from Massachusetts, until 2011, when Patrick J. Kennedy II retired as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island.
Image: Patrick J. Kennedy
Image: Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. 1938 (cropped) (b)
Image: John F. Kennedy, White House color photo portrait (3x 4) (cropped)
Image: Caroline Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador 2 (cropped)
