Lost potential is a common theme of Kennedy-family lore. It's hard not to imagine what Bobby, President Kennedy, and JFK Jr. might have accomplished, had they not died so young.

John Jr. would be making a run for the White House right now, if he were still alive. At least, that's what Jackie Kennedy's former personal assistant thinks.

"If her brother wasn’t gone, he’d probably be running for president," Kathy McKeon said in a new, wide-ranging profile of Caroline Kennedy in Avenue magazine.



"When Caroline was growing up, she always said she wanted to be a wife and mother, and she is a very good mother. But the Kennedys are go-getters who never give up, and after John died, I think Caroline had that sense of duty in her to follow in her father’s footsteps, and I believe she’ll pull it off," McKeon continued.

"I really think she might be the first lady president."

One supporter even went so far to say that Kennedy is "the next Hillary Clinton, but without Hillary’s baggage."

Others suggest that Caroline, despite her family legacy, isn't suited for the harsh reality of modern politics, and that her baggage abounds, pointing to her rocky (to put it mildly) 2008 run for Senate as evidence.



"Amazingly, Caroline believed that there was such public affection for her as the last child of Camelot that she’d be treated with kid gloves," biographer Christopher Andersen, said. "The truth came as a quite a rude shock. That she might actually have to answer questions about her private life, especially her marriage? Unthinkable!"

Kennedy has been coy about the rumors that she may run for Congress again. In an interview with the Today show in February, shortly after she returned from her post as ambassador to Japan, Kennedy said "I'm looking to figure what I'll do next."

When pushed on the question, she joked, "I think I'd rather be on morning TV."

But Kennedy reportedly "has an absolute obsession with posterity," said Anderson. "That’s what drives her more than anything else, that her father be remembered."



Many have speculated that more promising option for continuing the family political legacy would be to help her son Jack Kennedy Schlossberg become the new face of the Kennedy dynasty.

"My bet is that Caroline knows that and will make the smart move and run Jack," one Clinton-camp insider said about the future Congressional races in New York. "The boy is 24. He has the magical Kennedy name."

"Female voters will love him."

Caroline Hallemann Senior Digital News Editor As the senior digital news editor for Town & Country, Caroline Hallemann covers everything from the British royal family to the latest episodes of Outlander, Killing Eve, and The Crown.

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