JFK’s Grandson Jack Schlossberg Announces Run for Congress

Jack Schlossberg is running for the seat currently held by Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) in New York’s 12th Congressional District.

Jack Schlossberg arrives at the JFK Library in Boston on May 4, 2025. Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo

Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of the late former President John F. Kennedy, said on Nov. 11 that he intends to run for the U.S. Congress to represent New York City.

Schlossberg—son of JFK’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and designer-artist Edwin Schlossberg—announced his candidacy in a social media video, saying that he hopes to represent the district where he was born and raised.