JFK’s grandson and TikTok icon Jack Schlossberg has a new job: Vogue has hired him as a political correspondent.
Anyone who has been on the TikTok platform in recent months has probably not been able to ignore the hilarious and sometimes absurd videos of Jack Schlossberg (31). The only grandson of the legendary US President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) has long since become an icon in Generation Z. has now appointed the son of Caroline Kennedy (66) as its political correspondent in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.
Jack Schlossberg has three Ivy League degrees
And not without reason: Schlossberg was not only born into one of the most famous political families in the United States, the 31-year-old also has a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University and studied law and economics at Harvard University. During his studies, he worked for the US State Department’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental Scientific Affairs, among others. His mother Caroline is the US ambassador to Australia.
He wants to reach young voters
Schlossberg is “inspired by my family’s legacy of public service,” Vogue quoted him as saying. “I take that very seriously and I want to contribute in my own way. I have big dreams, but I also know that I’m trying to make a positive difference today.” In addition to a long interview with Schlossberg, the magazine also published a photo shoot in which the 31-year-old is dressed in a shirt and tie and posing in an office building.
As a political correspondent for “Vogue,” the JFK grandson wants to reach a young voting audience with a mix of expertise and his personality – especially in a “serious moment in American politics, when many feel that democracy itself is at stake.” In amusing but informative videos, he will report on the news from Washington – from presidential debates to Supreme Court decisions.
“When you ask people to think about something serious, you have to make it entertaining or funny,” Schlossberg says. “You can’t just bombard people with how bad things are. You have to inject some positivity and good energy into the things you think are important. That’s the only strategy I have.”
His grandfather, John F. Kennedy, was his “hero,” Schlossberg said in an interview with Vogue. He was “a blueprint for how progressivism can work in America and how America can lead the world in a positive, optimistic and science-oriented way.” The issue of climate change is particularly close to his heart.
Jack Schlossberg is a TikTok icon
In recent months, Schlossberg has spoken openly about the political situation in the USA on several occasions and has made no secret of his opinion. In May, for example, he openly insulted his second cousin and independent presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (70), in a series of Instagram videos in a typically witty manner. He makes no secret of it.
Jack Schlossberg has long since become an icon on social media: On TikTok and Instagram, the JFK grandson receives hundreds of thousands of views for his videos. , while fiddling with children’s toys, or informing people about it while lying in bed. But it is probably also the breathtaking visual resemblance to his late uncle John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960-1999) that inspires Generation Z. Schlossberg himself says in the “Vogue” interview: “I’m just having a good time. I’m a funny, crazy guy.”
Jack Schlossberg was born in 1993 as the youngest of three children of the artist Edwin Schlossberg (78) and Caroline Bouvier Kennedy. The latter is the only surviving child of John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994).
Source: Stern
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