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Who Is Kick Kennedy? All About RFK Jr.'s Daughter (Who’s Been Linked to Ben Affleck)

Though a source told PEOPLE that Kick Kennedy had been "spending time" with Ben Affleck, the actor's rep said the rumor was untrue

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As the eldest daughter of six siblings and a descendant of Robert F. Kennedy , Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy has continued to uphold the iconic American family's legacy.

Kick was born four years after her brother, Robert “Bobby” Kennedy III, in 1988 to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his first wife, Emily Ruth Black. She grew up in New York as one of six children but eschewed a path in politics that much of her family chose to go down.

Instead, Kick started her career as a performer, having pursued acting after graduating from Stanford University. Though she had a few roles shortly after graduation, Kick has mainly focused on a career in philanthropy.

Most recently, Kick, 36, made headlines after a source told PEOPLE she was getting to know Ben Affleck , 52, after Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from the actor on Aug. 20, 2024. Although another insider said, "I don't think they even know each other. There's definitely nothing going on."

The following day, Affleck's rep confirmed to PEOPLE that the two were not dating .

So who is Kick Kennedy? Here's everything to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s eldest daughter.

She was named after her great-aunt

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Kick was born Kathleen Alexandra Kennedy on April 13, 1988, but was nicknamed Kick, just like her great-aunt, Kathleen "Kick" Agnes Kennedy (who was the sister of late President John F. Kennedy).

Kathleen was remembered as having an adventurous and outgoing personality , per the 2016 biography  Kick Kennedy :  The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter . However, Kathleen had a major rift with her family when she married Billy Hartington, a Protestant, causing her Catholic parents to turn her away. After she died in a tragic plane crash in 1948 at just 28 years old, no one from her family attended her funeral.

Like Kathleen, Kick had an adventurous spirit from a young age; she told Town & Country in a 2012 profile and was traveling across the world, hiking Mount Kilimanjaro and rafting in the Grand Canyon while still in college. Unlike Kathleen, however, Kick said she has a more supportive family.

"I always thought Dad and I were the same person, but I got fascinated by Kick a few years ago, and it's funny how similar we are," she said. "She was fun and social and a performer in many ways."

"Of course, I don't think my parents would ever call my own death divine retribution. Well, maybe if I became a Republican," she joked.

She was raised in a home of six siblings

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Kick is one of six siblings. She and her older brother, Bobby, were born to RFK Jr. and Black. However, the couple split in 1994, at which point RFK Jr. remarried to Mary Richardson. The pair went on to welcome four children — Conor Kennedy, Kyra Kennedy, Aidan Kennedy and William "Finn" Kennedy — before their split in 2010. In 2012, Richardson died by suicide.

In the wake of Richardson's death, Kick flew home from college at Stanford University to spend time with her siblings. Now, she continues to have a close relationship with all five, participating in various fundraisers and charities with them, including speaking with Conor at the 50th anniversary of the Poor People’s Campaign in Mississippi in May 2018.

Kick has always been very adventurous

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As the daughter of a master falconer, Kick grew up with a love for animals and the environment, as well as exploring it. While she was a student at Stanford studying history, she hiked Mount Kilimanjaro with actors Emile Hirsch  and  Jessica Biel in an effort to raise awareness of the water shortage crisis.

She told Resident in 2014 that she grew up always surrounded by animals, including "dogs and cats and chickens and alligators."

"I thought it was pretty normal to run around the woods building forts with my crow that was trained to say 'Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy' or have an alligator wound, etcetera," she said. "My classmates were quick to correct me. I think they were a little off-put."

She started her career as an actress

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Though Kick majored in history, she knew she wanted to work in acting while she was still in college. Following graduation, she landed a few minor roles in Gossip Girl and The Newsroom , and even an episode of her stepmother Cheryl Hines ' Curb Your Enthusiasm before she began dating RFK Jr.

Though Kick was splitting her time between New York and Los Angeles in hopes of finding her big break, she admitted to Town & Country that it wasn't fame she was seeking.

"I was born with a sticker — a name — that has made me totally uninterested in the fame factor of success," Kick said. "I see all my actor friends really going for it in that way because it's such a big part of the job, but it kind of turns me off. I'm frightened of it, or at least uninterested, unamused."

Kick is now a philanthropist

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Kick mainly stopped acting after 2012, instead focusing on a career in philanthropy. She is passionate about finding a solution to water shortages and other environmental causes, having grown up with her father, who is passionate about the environment.

"I've been really connected to water issues since I can remember, as my father made it his passion," she told Resident. "We knew what PCPs were before we knew how to tie our shoes. I've also spent so much time on the water, whether it's sailing with friends and family or doing a river cleanup on the Hudson."

She was rumored to be spending time with Affleck in August 2024

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Just days after her father  dropped out of the 2024 presidential race , Kick made headlines for her rumored connection with Affleck. The reports also came just days after Lopez filed for divorce from the  Gone Girl  actor.

Multiple sources told PEOPLE that Kick and Affleck were getting to know one another, with one saying the two are “in the same scene," adding that "Kick’s celeb crush has always been Ben.”

The source also described Kick as a "partier" who "likes to have a good time." However, a different source told PEOPLE that there's nothing between the two.

The next day, Affleck's rep denied the rumors in a statement to PEOPLE.

"There is no truth to any of it. I don't know if they even know each other,” Jen Allen, Affleck's spokesperson, said.

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As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exits, a look at who supported him in the 2024 presidential race

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he would suspend his presidential campaign on Friday – adding yet another shakeup to the 2024 contest.

Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to better understand voters who said they planned to support Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the 2024 presidential election. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,201 adults – including 7,569 registered voters – from Aug. 5 to 11, 2024.

Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), a group of people recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses who have agreed to take surveys regularly. This kind of recruitment gives nearly all U.S. adults a chance of selection. Surveys were conducted either online or by telephone with a live interviewer. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other factors.  Read more about the ATP’s methodology .

Here are the  questions used for this analysis , the topline and the survey methodology .

Though the third-party candidate was capturing about 15% of registered voters in early July, he lost significant ground after that. In early August, just 7% of voters said they leaned toward or preferred Kennedy for president. This data comes from Pew Research Center surveys conducted in July and August.

As RFK Jr. exits the race, here are some findings about his supporters:

What Kennedy voters did after Biden withdrew from race

Many of Kennedy’s July supporters decided to back a different candidate after Joe Biden left the race. These voters picked Kamala Harris over Donald Trump by two-to-one.

Among voters who said they backed Kennedy in July, a majority (61%) supported a different candidate in August. Roughly four-in-ten (39%) continued to back RFK Jr. Far more of those who changed their preference decided to support Harris (39%) than Trump (20%).

Kennedy’s voters were lukewarm in their support

In August, just 18% of Kennedy’s supporters said they backed him strongly. This compared with nearly two-thirds of Trump (64%) and Harris (62%) supporters.

Which voters were more likely to support RFK Jr.  

Kennedy’s remaining supporters in August were far younger than Harris’ or Trump’s. About two-thirds of Kennedy’s supporters were under 50, compared with 46% of Harris’ and 38% of Trump’s.

While roughly half of Harris and Trump supporters follow what is going on in government and public affairs most of the time, only about a quarter (24%) of Kennedy supporters do.

Kennedy’s supporters also were far less likely to say they were highly motivated to vote in the presidential election. In August, the following shares of each candidate’s supporters said they were extremely motivated to vote:

• Harris: 70%
• Kennedy: 23%

Most Kennedy supporters did not identify as partisans – and a majority held unfavorable views of both Harris and Trump

Most of Kennedy’s remaining supporters did not call themselves partisans. Just 14% consider themselves Republicans while 12% consider themselves Democrats. The vast majority of his supporters (74%) say they are independent or something else. A larger share lean toward the Republican Party than the Democratic Party (40% vs. 26%).

In August, Kennedy supporters were sour on both Harris and Trump – 61% said they had an unfavorable view of both candidates.

Note: Here are the  questions used for this analysis , the topline and the survey methodology .

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Who is Kick Kennedy? All about RFK Jr.’s daughter

Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy is the eldest daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr ., who made headlines recently when he ended his own presidential run and endorsed former President Donald Trump’s campaign.

Kick Kennedy, 36, has not commented publicly on her dad’s recent political ventures, and she has opened up in the past about establishing her own identity apart from her family's legacy.

“People ask me, ‘What’s it like to be a Kennedy?’” she told the New York Post in 2014. “Maybe it’s just the temperature of the water, but I’m just like, ‘I have no idea.’ When I see my face or name in the tabloids, I get a knot in my stomach. It’s just not me — it’s reading something that’s not real.”

Read on to learn more about Kathleen Alexander “Kick” Kennedy.  

She is one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s six children

Robert F. Kennedy Jr and his ex-wife, Emily Ruth Black, welcomed Kick Kennedy in 1988. They also share a son, Robert “Bobby” Kennedy III, in 1984. 

Kick Kennedy also has four half-siblings from her father’s subsequent marriage to Mary Richardson: Conor Richardson Kennedy, 30, Kyra LeMoyne Kennedy, 29, William Finbar Kennedy, 26, and Aidan Caohman Vieques Kennedy, 23.

She’s named after another famous Kennedy

Kennedy shares a nickname with another notable member of the Kennedy family —  her father’s aunt, Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, who was a sister of President John F. Kennedy and who also went by “Kick.”

The late Kick Kennedy married William Cavendish , the Marquess of Hartington, in 1938. He was killed in combat just months after their wedding in 1944, and she died four years later in a plane crash at just 28. 

The younger Kick Kennedy paid tribute to her great-aunt on Instagram in 2016, sharing a photo from a visit to her grave.

“Visiting the gravesite of my great aunt and namesake, Kick Kennedy, in Edensor, England,” she wrote in the caption. “‘Joy she gave, Joy she has found.’”

While her birth name is Kathleen Alexandra Kennedy, the younger Kick says pretty much everyone calls her by her nickname.

“(No one) calls me Kathleen except the TSA and the Department of Motor Vehicles,” she told the New York Post in 2014. 

She shared a memorable anecdote about her dad involving a dead whale

While she doesn’t often discuss her father in public, Kennedy did once share a colorful childhood memory involving her dad, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 

In a 2012 Town & Country interview that has recently been making the rounds again online, Kennedy shared that when she was 6 years old, her father heard that a dead whale had washed up in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, the site of the Kennedy compound.

She said her dad, who was interested in studying animal anatomy, cut the dead whale’s head off with a chainsaw and strapped it to the roof of the family car. They then drove five hours to Mount Kisco, New York. 

“Every time we accelerated on the highway, whale juice would pour into the windows of the car, and it was the rankest thing on the planet,” she said. “We all had plastic bags over our heads with mouth holes cut out, and people on the highway were giving us the finger, but that was just normal day-to-day stuff for us.”

Kennedy has followed in her dad’s footsteps when it comes to environmental activism, particularly around water conservation issues. In 2006, she and her dad took a rafting trip together along the Colorado River, a journey featured in the IMAX film “Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D.”

“We’re always doing things like conserving light bulbs, and of course we get castigated if we litter,” Kick Kennedy told Stanford Magazine in 2008 about growing up in an environmentally conscious family. “But the impact has been more in our love for nature. My dad has spent his whole fatherhood forcing us outdoors and not letting us come back in.”

She has appeared in shows including ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘The Newsroom’

Kennedy has appeared in a handful of movies and TV shows over the years, including episodes of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “The Newsroom,” and the movies “Teacher of the Year and “Fear and Loathing in Aspen,” according to her IMDB profile .

She also appeared as herself in a 2010 episode of “Gossip Girl.”

Kennedy, who has also worked as a model, made her off-Broadway debut in 2014, starring in a modern retelling of Sophocles’ “Antigone.”

“I’m really lucky,” Kennedy told the Associated Press in 2014 while rehearsing for the play. “I’ve grown a lot just studying this part and I hope I can do it justice. I couldn’t really ask for a better story to tell right now. It’s just sort of magical that everything fell into place.”

Kennedy also opened up to the AP about her lifelong love of acting, revealing that growing up, she put on plays with Annie Starke, the daughter of Glenn Close. She also acted during her time at Stanford University.

“It’s just been the funniest thing for me throughout my whole life,” she said. “Here I am and I’m giving it a go. It seems to be the thing that I like doing and people tell me I’m kind of good at.”

She added that she was eager to prove herself as an actor, regardless of her famous surname.

“Hopefully one day people will come see me for something that doesn’t have to do with my last name,” she said. “For me, it’s just two different things. This is a job. That is my life.”

She has spoken sparingly about her romantic relationships

Kennedy was previously linked to Matthew Mellon, a banking heir who died in 2018 while traveling to a drug rehabilitation facility in Cancun, Mexico.

He and Kennedy had been reportedly dating for four months prior to his death, according to People .

“She is heartbroken, shocked, she didn’t see this coming,” Kennedy’s modeling manager, Christine Schott, told People in 2018. “She is devastated and will not be making comment.”

A few years prior, Kennedy dated musician Harper Simon, the son of singer-songwriter Paul Simon.

Kennedy opened up about the experience of bringing Simon to meet her family, including her late grandmother, Ethel Kennedy, who was one of President Kennedy’s sisters.

“Harper came to the Cape,” she told the New York Post in 2014. “He’s a very charming guy, and he sang for my grandmother, which she loved — and then he was ordered to sing every night after that, which he didn’t love. My grandmother likes performance and music, and she sometimes demands it. And you can’t really say no to Ethel, so I made sure he brought his guitar.”

Her half-brother dated Taylor Swift

Kennedy’s half-brother, Conor Kennedy, briefly dated Taylor Swift in 2012. 

Conor Kennedy, 30, is the eldest son of Kick Kennedy’s dad and his late ex-wife, Mary Richardson.

Kick Kennedy shared some kind words about Swift’s music in her 2012 Town & Country interview.

“Taylor’s sweet, and so catchy I can’t believe it. I can’t get her songs out of my head,” she said.

“Yeah, she’s really sweet,” she later told the New York Post in 2014, reflecting on Swift’s presence at the Kennedy compound while she and her half-brother were dating.

“It was a moment, really," Kennedy continued. "But we always have exciting things going on — exciting people to meet.”

She has opened up about finding her identity beyond her famous family

Kennedy reflected on her relationship with the Kennedy name in her 2012 Town & Country interview. 

She said growing up in such a notable family left her wary of fame.

“I was born with a sticker — a name — that has made me totally uninterested in the fame factor of success,” she said. “I see all my actor friends really going for it in that way because it’s such a big part of the job, but it kind of turns me off. I’m frightened of it, or at least uninterested, unamused.”

While she has chosen not to pursue a career in politics, unlike many of her relatives, Kennedy has said she sees links between the worlds of politics and acting.

“Everyone thinks it’s so crazy and I’m such a tangent from this tree, but I see it all kind of relating, personally,” she told the AP in 2014.

“I mean, if you break down what a lot of politics is you get stage presence, charisma and, more importantly, a search for truth and the desire to serve a common good, which I believe theater does.”

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Members of the Kennedy family denounce RFK Jr.'s decision to endorse Trump

WASHINGTON — Multiple members of the Kennedy family denounced Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to endorse former President Donald Trump, calling the move a "betrayal."

"We want an America filled with hope and bound together by a shared vision of a brighter future, a future defined by individual freedom, economic promise and national pride," said a statement signed by five of the former independent presidential candidate's siblings.

"We believe in Harris and Walz," the statement continued. "Our brother Bobby's decision to endorse Trump today is a betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold most dear. It is a sad ending to a sad story."

The statement includes signatures from Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Courtney Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Chris Kennedy and Rory Kennedy.

Joe Kennedy III, a grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, reacted to the statement, sharing it on X and writing that it was "well said."

Separately, the former candidate's cousin Jack Schlossberg said that he has "never been less surprised in my life."

"Been saying it for over a year — RFKjr is for sale, works for Trump. Bedfellows and loving it," he posted to X. "Kamala Harris is for the people — the easiest decision of all time just got easier."

Schlossberg is the grandson of former President John F. Kennedy.

Many members of the Kennedy family have been publicly critical of the independent's presidential bid, instead vocalizing their support for first President Joe Biden and now Harris.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Friday that he would withdraw from the presidential race and back Trump. However, he said that he would only remove his name from the ballot in "about 10 battleground states where my presence would be a spoiler." He encouraged voters in states where he remains on the ballot to still support him.

"These are the principled causes that persuaded me to leave the Democratic Party and run as an independent, and now to throw my support to President Trump," he said during his Friday remarks. "The causes were: Free speech, the war in Ukraine, and the war on our children."

Harris campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon said in a statement that the Harris campaign is for "any American out there who is tired of Donald Trump and looking for a new way forward."

"Even if we do not agree on every issue, Kamala Harris knows there is more that unites us than divides us: respect for our rights, public safety, protecting our freedoms, and opportunity for all," she said in a bid to attract Kennedy supporters.

Megan Lebowitz is a politics reporter for NBC News.

Meet Kick Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s daughter who's been linked to the newly single Ben Affleck

• Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy is the eldest daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
• She was named after her great-aunt who died in a plane crash .
• Kennedy was linked to Ben Affleck after his divorce, but his rep has denied the dating rumors.

Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy is the latest young Kennedy to make headlines.

Recent reports said she was getting to know the newly single Ben Affleck after Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from the actor on August 20. Page Six reported on Saturday that the two had been spotted at the Polo Lounge in the Beverly Hills Hotel.

However, Affleck's representative said in a statement to People earlier this week that the two weren't dating and was unsure if they'd even met in person.

"There is no truth to any of it. I don't know if they even know each other," the representative said.

A member of the newest generation of America's most famous political dynasty , Kick Kennedy is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s elder daughter. Her father previously announced his candidacy for president before breaking from family tradition by supporting the Republican candidate Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, a decision she has not commented on publicly.

Here's what you need to know about Kick Kennedy.

Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy is 36 years old.

She was born in 1988 and is the eldest daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Emily Ruth Black.

Kick Kennedy hasn't commented on her father's political endeavors, though other younger members of the Kennedy family have.

Jack Kennedy Schlossberg , her father's cousin and the grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, denounced Kennedy's endorsement of Trump, joining other Kennedy family members who called the move a "betrayal."

"Been saying it for over a year — RFKjr is for sale, works for Trump. Bedfellows and loving it," he posted on X . "Kamala Harris is for the people — the easiest decision of all time just got easier."

She was named after her great-aunt who died in a tragic plane crash.

Kick Kennedy's namesake, Kathleen "Kick" Agnes Cavendish, was born in 1920. She was the daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy and the sister of John F. Kennedy.

Just months after getting married in 1944, her husband was tragically killed in combat. Following his death, she entered into a relationship with Earl Peter Wentworth Fitzwilliam, a married man, People reported.

The couple planned to travel to Paris to seek her father's approval, but their 10-seat plane encountered severe turbulence and crashed in the mountains between Paris and Cannes.

Both she and the earl, who was piloting the aircraft, died instantly. She was only 28 years old. A write-up in The Atlantic said only her father attended her funeral.

She has five siblings, four of whom are half siblings from her father's second marriage to Mary Richardson.

The younger Kick Kennedy has one biological sibling from her father's first marriage to Emily Ruth Black: Robert "Bobby" Kennedy III, 39.

Her half siblings include Conor Kennedy, 30; Kyra Kennedy , 29; William Finbar Kennedy, 27; and Aidan Caohman Vieques Kennedy, 23.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. married Cheryl Hines, his third wife, in 2014. They have no children together, though she has a 20-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.

After her half brother Conor was linked to Taylor Swift in 2012, Kick called the star "really sweet."

Though the relationship was short-lived, Swift was spotted spending time with Conor and the Kennedy family at their compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, in summer 2012.

"She's really sweet. It was a moment, really," Kick Kennedy told the New York Post in 2014 when asked what it was like for the superstar to date her brother. "But we always have exciting things going on — exciting people to meet."

Swift and Conor Kennedy's relationship reportedly ended in October 2012, though the fling may have inspired a few songs on her fourth studio album, "Red."

Her own dating life has been pretty low profile.

Kick Kennedy dated Paul Simon's son Harper in 2014, E! News reported.

She later dated Matthew Mellon, a member of the wealthy Mellon family, before he died on his way to a drug-treatment facility in 2018, People reported.

Outlets reported earlier this month that she was getting to know Ben Affleck in the wake of his very public divorce from Jennifer Lopez.

Page Six reported that the two had been spotted together at the Polo Lounge in the Beverly Hills Hotel, though Affleck's representative told People the two weren't dating.

The rumors about Ben Affleck led the internet to discover a disturbing story Kick Kennedy once shared about her dad during an interview.

Following the reports about Affleck, people clamored to find out more about the lesser-known member of the Kennedy clan. A 2012 profile of Kick Kennedy in Town & Country included a particularly wild story about her father.

Kick Kennedy told the magazine that when she was 6 years old, her father decapitated a dead whale they'd found on a beach near the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port. She didn't share why her father wanted the whale head but said he "likes to study animal skulls and skeletons."

Problems arose when the family began making the five-hour drive from Hyannis to their home in New York with the whale head strapped to the roof of their minivan.

"Every time we accelerated on the highway, whale juice would pour into the windows of the car, and it was the rankest thing on the planet," she said.

She said that to deal with the leaking whale juice, "we all had plastic bags over our heads with mouth holes cut out."

"People on the highway were giving us the finger," she added. "But that was just normal day-to-day stuff for us."

It's a bizarre story, but it isn't the only time Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been in the news for questionable behavior involving animals.

In 2014, he took a dead bear cub from the road and posed with it in a photo as a "prank." The incident made local headlines.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he'd "been picking up roadkill my whole life," NBC reported earlier this month. "I have a freezer full of it," he said.

She's acted in several television shows over the years.

Kick Kennedy has appeared in several one-off episodes of popular shows like "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Gossip Girl," and "The Newsroom."

She also acted in an off-Broadway play in 2014, which " Today " called a "modern retelling" of Sophocles' "Antigone."

"I'm really lucky," she told The Associated Press at the time. "I've grown a lot just studying this part and I hope I can do it justice. I couldn't really ask for a better story to tell right now. It's just sort of magical that everything fell into place."

She's since shied away from the spotlight to focus on philanthropy.

Kick Kennedy is a member of the founders' circle of the charity Well Beings, an organization that focuses on "the well-being of animals, people, and the planet," according to the company's mission statement.

While she's a member of one of the country's most famous and influential political families, she has spoken publicly about not wanting to rely on her pedigree to get ahead.

"People ask me, 'What's it like to be a Kennedy?'" Kick Kennedy said in a 2014 interview with the New York Post. "Maybe it's just the temperature of the water, but I'm just like, 'I have no idea.'"

"When I see my face or name in the tabloids, I get a knot in my stomach. It's just not me — it's reading something that's not real," she added.

She has, for now, a relatively modest 25,000 followers on Instagram .

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One source says the duo has been seeing each other since late spring, but another says there’s “nothing going on.”

Though the couple’s divorce announcement came on August 20—exactly two years after Lopez and Affleck’s Georgia wedding ceremony—their actual date of separation was April 26, 2024. In the four months since then, they’ve spent their summers on opposite ends of the country, and each found new places to live. According to People , Affleck has also been spotted with Kathleen Kennedy, the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

“Kick and Ben have been spending time together, but I’m not sure what’s happening,” one source told the publication, using Kennedy’s nickname, “Kick.” While the source is unsure how the pair first crossed paths, they divulged that “Kick’s celeb crush has always been Ben.”

Another insider, however, told People that “I don’t think they even know each other. There’s definitely nothing going on.” Adding fuel to the fire (or perhaps, quelling it), sources told TMZ that there was no romance brewing between Affleck and Kennedy, adding that they were “not dating” and “definitely not a couple.”

The he-said, she-said game continued as a Hollywood insider told Page Six that they spotted the duo at the Beverly Hills Hotel, as well as other hotspots. Meanwhile, yet another source told People that Affleck and Kennedy have been “spending time together” since late spring—shortly after his official separation from Lopez.

So, who is Kathleen Kennedy? Read ahead to learn everything you need to know about Affleck’s potential partner.

Kick is Robert’s eldest daughter, and the second of his six children.

She and her brother, Robert “Bobby” Kennedy III, were born while their father Robert was married to his first wife, Emily Ruth Black. Their younger siblings include Conor Kennedy, Kyra Kennedy, William “Finn” Kennedy, and Aidan Kennedy, whom Robert shares with his second wife, Mary Kathleen Richardson.

Kathleen’s nickname “Kick” comes from her great-aunt Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, who was 28 when she died in a 1948 plane crash.

In 2012, Kick told Town & Country that she thought she was “similar” to her late relative.” I always thought Dad and I were the same person, but I got fascinated by Kick a few years ago,” she explained. “She was fun and social and a performer in many ways. Of course, I don’t think my parents would ever call my own death divine retribution,” Kick joked at the time. “Well, maybe if I became a Republican.”

Kathleen may have a passion for partying.

A source described Kick to People as a “partier,” adding that she “likes to have a good time.” During her college years at Stanford University, where she studied history and theater, Kennedy climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with Jessica Biel and went white water rafting in the Grand Canyon with her dad, per Page Six .

She’s an actress and activist.

After studying theater at Stanford, Kathleen continued her acting studies at the Lee Strasberg Institute in West Hollywood. She’s since taken on small roles throughout the years, playing herself in Gossip Girl and joining her stepmom Cheryl Hines on Curb Your Enthusiasm . Most recently, Kick had the role of “lazy tourist” in the 2021 film Fear and Loathing in Aspen .

In addition to her acting career, Kennedy is an activist who shares her father’s passion for “water issues,” telling Resident in 2014 that she “knew what PCPs were” before learning how to tie her shoes.

Kennedy used to date Paul Simon’s son.

From 2013 to 2014, Kick was romantically linked to Paul Simon’s son Harper. After that, she went on to date billionaire bank heir Matthew Mellon for a few months, until his death in 2018 at age 54. At the time, People reported Kennedy was “heartbroken” and “shocked.”

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A Guide to the Kennedy Family Tree

When JFK was assassinated 60 years ago, he was survived by his wife and children—along with his parents, maternal grandparents, six siblings, and many other relatives.

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Today marks 60 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.

On that fateful day in Dallas, Texas, President Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade alongside Texas Governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie Connally. He was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, but there was nothing to be done; he pronounced dead just 30 minutes later. Governor Connally was shot in the back, but recovered from his injuries.

JFK was survived by his wife, First Lady Jackie Kennedy , their two small children, Caroline and John Jr. , his parents, and his maternal grandparents. JFK had a large extended family, though—he grew up in a large Irish Catholic household with eight siblings, and was survived by six of them: Rosemary, Eunice, Patricia, Robert ("Bobby"), Jean, and Edward ("Ted"). (His older brother, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., was killed in action during World War II, and one of his sisters, Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, died in a plane crash in 1948.) Five of those siblings married, and had children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of their own, making the Kennedy family tree one with many, many branches.

Here, Town & Country presents a guide to John F. Kennedy's family tree, descendants, and as many relatives as we could write about:

JFK's parents: Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

Both of JFK's parents, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888 - 1969) and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890 - 1995) outlived their son JFK. They married in October 1914, and had nine children: Joseph Jr., John, Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia in 1924, Jean, and Edward. ( More details on all, except Joseph Jr., JFK, and Kathleen, below.)

Joseph was the son of Mary Hickey (1857 - 1923) and P. J. Kennedy (1858 - 1929), an influential figure in the Bostonian Irish community and a Massachusetts politician. He was an investor, involved in the nascent Hollywood industry, was the first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and served as the US ambassador to the UK in the lead-up to World War II. He died in 1969 at age 81, outliving four of his eight children.

Rose was the daughter of Boston mayor John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald (1863 - 1950) and Mary Josephine Hannon (1865 - 1964). (JFK's maternal grandparents also outlived their grandson.) She was involved in the political careers of her family members, and published an autobiography in 1974, Times to Remember . At her son JFK's funeral, she told Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie and said: "It's wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around." Rose died in 1995 at age 104.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

1929 - 1994.

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born on July 28, 1929 to John Vernou "Black Jack" Bouvier III (1891 - 1957) and Janet Norton Lee (1907 - 1989). She studied at Vassar College and George Washington University, and after graduation in 1951, stayed in D.C., where she worked as a photographer . In 1952, she met John Kennedy at a dinner party— they married in September 1 953 in Newport, Rhode Island. Jackie and JFK had four children, two of whom who died as infants: Arabella , born stillborn in 1956, Caroline , born 1957, John Jr. , born 1960, and Patrick , who died two days after his premature birth in 1963. (Read more on Caroline and John Jr. below . )

During her husband's tenure as president, she was an influential First Lady— she was a style icon , she renovated the White House , promoted the arts, and so much more. She was with her husband in Dallas on November 22, 1963, and he was killed as she rode next to him the motorcade, making her a widow at age 34. She soon planned his funeral, and as the Kennedy Library notes , "as it was broadcast around the world, millions of people shared her grief and admired her courage and dignity."

A week after his death, she was interviewed by Life magazine, comparing the Kennedy administration to the mythical Camelot. "At night, before we'd go to sleep, Jack liked to play some records; and the song he loved the most came at the very end of this record. The lines he loved to hear were: Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief, shining moment that was known as Camelot ," she said . "There'll be great presidents again ... but there will never be another Camelot again."

Jackie would go on to remarry, in 1968, to Aristotle Onassis . When he died in 1975, she became a widow again. As her children were older, Jackie went on to have a second career as a book editor, and she spent her final years with Maurice Tempelsman . She died in 1994 at age 64.

JFK's daughter: Caroline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy , the only member of JFK's immediate family who is still alive today, was born on November 27, 1957. She was nearly six when her father was assassinated, and then her mother moved her and her brother to Manhattan for school. She attended Harvard University for undergrad, and earned a J.D. from Columbia Law School. In 1986, she married designer and artist Edwin Schlossberg (b. 1945); she did not change her name upon their marriage.

Caroline currently serves as the U.S. Ambassador to Australia . "My family legacy is something I’m really proud of, and I try to live up to and and I think the fact that it means something to people around the world makes me really proud and want to be worthy of it and do what I can to continue the values that my father would like," she said. She previously served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan under President Obama.

Caroline and Edwin have three children: Rose Schlossberg (b. 1988), Taitana Schlossberg (b. 1990), and Jack Schlossberg (b. 1993). Last year, Rose married restaurateur Rory McAuliffe , and in 2017, Tatiana married George Moran , who is now a doctor. Tatiana and George have one child, Edwin Garrett Moran (b. 2022) making Caroline a grandmother .

JFK's son: John Kennedy Jr.

1960 - 1999.

John Kennedy Jr. was born on November 25, 1960, two weeks after his dad was elected president. He spent the first three years of his life in the White House; his third birthday coincided with his father's funeral, where John Jr. famously saluted his father's casket. He largely grew up in Manhattan, then attended Brown University and law school at NYU. He worked in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, and co-founded George magazine. He married Carolyn Bessette (1966 - 1999) in September 1996. In 1998, he received his pilot's license.

John Jr. tragically died in 1999 in a plane crash with his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy , and her sister, Lauren Bessette.

Rosemary Kennedy

1918 - 2005.

Rosemary Kennedy, born Rose Marie Kennedy , was Joseph and Rose's oldest daughter. She had learning disabilities, and at age 22, her father decided she should have a lobotomy. The horrific procedure left her permanently disabled, unable to walk or talk. As Lyz Lenz wrote , " Rosemary Kennedy's legacy is not a story of tragedy—it's a story of quiet power that would eventually change the quality of life for disabled and mentally ill people across the country." She died in 2005 at age 86.

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver

1921 - 2009.

Eunice has one of the more interesting branches of the Kennedy family tree, as it's how Arnold Schwarzenegger is related to JFK. Here is part of it:

Eunice, born Eunice Mary Kennedy on July 10, 1921, was Joseph and Rose's fifth child. She's best known for her philanthropic work, specifically founding the Special Olympics. In 1953, she married Robert Sargent Shriver (1915 - 2011), an American diplomat and politician. Shriver helped create the Peace Crops, and was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in 1972.

Eunice and Sargent had five children: Robert Sargent Shriver III (b. 1954), Maria Owings Shriver (b. 1955), Timothy Perry Shriver (b. 1959), Mark Kennedy Shriver (b. 1964), and Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver (b. 1965). They have 19 grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren.

The big Hollywood connection between the Kennedy family is here, in Eunice's branch of family tree: Maria married Arnold Schwarzenegger (b. 1947) in 1986 (they divorced in 2021) and they have four children: Katherine Schwarzenegger (b. 1989), Christina Schwarzenegger (b. 1991), Patrick Schwarzenegger (b. 1993) and Christopher Schwarzenegger ( b. 1997). In 2019, Katherine married actor Chris Pratt (b. 1979), and they have two daughters, Lyla Pratt (b. 2020) and Eloise Pratt (b. 2022).

Eunice died in 2009 at age 88.

Patricia Kennedy

1924 - 2006.

Patricia , the sixth of Rose and Joseph's children, was born on May 6, 1924. She married British actor Peter Lawford (1923 - 1984), who became a member of the "Rat Pack," and they had four children: Christopher Lawford (1955 - 2018), Sydney Lawford (b. 1956), Victoria Lawford (b. 1958) and Robin Lawford (b. 1961), and numerous grandchildren. Patricia and Peter separated in 1963, shortly after JFK's death, and officially divorced in 1966. Patricia died in 2006 of pneumonia.

Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy

1925 - 1968.

Robert Kennedy , also known as RFK, born November 20, 1925, had a similarly tragic end to his brother. He served in the Navy, and then graduated from Harvard University.

In 1950, he married Ethel Skakel (b. 1928), and they had 11 children: Kathleen Kennedy (b. 1951), Joseph P. Kennedy II (b. 1952), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (b. 1954), David Kennedy (1955 - 1984), Mary Kennedy (b. 1956), Michael LeMoyne Kennedy (1958 - 1997), Mary Kerry Kennedy (b. 1959), Christopher Kennedy (b. 1963), Matthew "Max" Kennedy (b. 1965), Douglas Kennedy (b. 1967), and Rory Kennedy (b. 1968). Rory was born six months after her father's assassination.

Bobby managed his older brother John's campaign for the Senate, then his campaign for president. After JFK was elected, he was appointed Attorney General. After his brother was killed, he resigned, and in 1964, was elected Senator from New York. In 1968, he decided to run for president, and after winning the Democratic primary in California on June 5, 1968, he was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He was just 42 years old.

Bobby and Ethel have 33 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. (This is perhaps the most complicated family tree of all of JFK's siblings, because of all the children.) Ethel Kennedy is still alive; she turned 95 earlier this year.

Jean Kennedy Smith

1928 - 2020.

The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy

The eighth of the nine children of Joseph and Rose, Jean Ann Kennedy was born on February 20, 1928, the 8th birthday of her older sister, Kathleen. In 1956, she married Stephen Edward Smith (1927 - 1990), they had four children—two biological sons and two adopted daughters: Stephen Edward Smith, Jr. (b. 1957), William Kennedy Smith (b. 1960), Amanda Mary Smith (b. 1967), and Kym Maria Smith (b. 1972).

Jean was involved in her older brother JFK's political campaigns, and founded Very Special Arts in 1974, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting those with disabilities. In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed Jean the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, where she worked on the peace process and the historic Good Friday Agreement.

She was JFK's last surviving sibling, and wrote a memoir, The Nine of Us . "I hope that people who read this book better understand who my parents, brothers and sisters truly were," she told T&C in 2016 . "They were real people who loved each other and loved this country. They kidded each other, played together, learned hard lessons, and tried to make the most out of every day." Jean died in 2020 at the age of 92 .

Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy

1923 - 2009.

True Compass: A Memoir

The youngest Kennedy sibling, Edward "Ted" Kennedy was born on February 22, 1932. A lawyer and politician, he was elected to the Senate in 1962 when he was just 30 years old, and continued serving until his death in 2009. (He is the fifth longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate in American history.)

In 1958, he married Joan Bennett (b. 1936), and they had three children: Kara Kennedy (1960 - 2011), Ted Kennedy Jr. (b. 1961) and Patrick J. Kennedy II (b. 1967). They divorced in 1982. In 1992, he married divorcee Victoria Anne Reggie (b. 1954), who had two children from a previous marriage, Curran Raclin (b. 1982) and Caroline Raclin (b. 1985).

He died in 2009 of a brain tumor; Ted was 77 years old.

Emily Burack (she/her) is the Senior News Editor for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, culture, the royals, and a range of other subjects. Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at Hey Alma , a Jewish culture site. Follow her @emburack on Twitter and Instagram .

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Map shows where RFK Jr. is on the ballot in the 2024 election

By Caitlin Yilek , Allison Novelo

Updated on: August 30, 2024 / 12:08 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — Unlike the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a costly and time-consuming process to appear on general election ballots as an independent candidate before he suspended his campaign . 

Rules  vary from state to state , but independent candidates typically have to collect thousands of signatures or be supported by a minor party in order to apply for ballot access. 

Kennedy opted to run as an independent last October, abandoning his Democratic primary bid. Democrats and Republicans questioned whether the independent candidate would pull support from their voters. 

Seeing no path to victory, Kennedy endorsed former President Donald Trump in a speech in Phoenix on Aug. 23. But he said his name would remain on the ballot in non-battleground states and encouraged voters there to still vote for him.

In battleground states, "where my presence would be a spoiler, I'm going to remove my name, and I've already started that process and urge voters not to vote for me," he said. He added that campaign's polling consistently showed that he would "likely hand the election over to the Democrats" if he was on the ballot in battleground states. 

"He's a well-known name," said Dan Mallinson, an associate professor at Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg. "He's different than a lot of other third-party candidates that run." 

Kennedy is currently on the ballot in three tightly contested states — Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin. Recent  CBS News estimates  show Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump are statistically tied in Michigan and North Carolina, with Kennedy attracting 2% support in Michigan and 1% in North Carolina. 

Michigan said it's too late for Kennedy to pull his name from the November ballot. Wisconsin rejected Kennedy's request to withdraw — state law requires that candidates remain on the ballot unless they die. North Carolina also rejected his request, saying millions of ballots have already been printed. 

"Some of these states are such tight margins that it can matter," Mallinson said before Kennedy made his announcement. 

Michigan has nearly 8.4 million registered voters . If Kennedy actually took 2% of the vote, that would be about 167,820 votes. Trump narrowly beat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by less than 1 point, or about 10,700 votes, in 2016. President Biden won the state in 2020 by more than 150,000 votes, finishing less than 3 points ahead of Trump. 

Democrats saw a bump after swapping their nominee from Mr. Biden to Harris, largely coming from voters who had previously expressed support for Kennedy, according to a  Pew Research Center poll . 

Polling from Marquette Law School found that when independent candidates were included on the ballot question, Trump had a slightly larger drop in support than Harris. In an Emerson College poll , Harris' and Trump's support evenly decreased by two points with third-party candidates on the ballot. Kennedy's support has dropped in recent months in both polls. 

It's typical of third-party candidates to see their poll numbers drop as it gets closer to Election Day, according to Matthew Foster, a professor at American University. 

"When you're polling months beforehand, people's choices are a bit mushy," he said. "They're more willing to support a third-party candidate at that moment. But when the election comes down to the wire and it really becomes time for the decision, they tend to go either Republican or Democrat." 

Kennedy's campaign said it secured enough signatures in every state and Washington, D.C., except for Mississippi. 

In the map below, states where Kennedy's campaign says it has met the threshold to appear on the ballot but are still awaiting official confirmation are light blue. 

So far, about half of states — those that are dark blue on the map — have confirmed that he will appear on the November ballot. 

Kennedy was officially on the ballot in Arizona and Nevada, both battleground states, Maine, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas, but withdrew his candidacy. He also pulled his name from the ballot in Florida and Pennsylvania after his campaign said he met the states' thresholds. 

He failed to qualify in New York and Georgia. In New York, a judge said Kennedy falsely claimed a New York residence on his nominating petitions. A state appellate court upheld the ruling after Kennedy appealed. A Georgia judge recently determined Kennedy was "not qualified" to appear on the ballot in the state, also citing questions about his New York residency. A spokesperson for Georgia's secretary of state confirmed he would not appear on the ballot. 

Even if he ends up on a majority of ballots, "he won't make any impact if it's not the battlegrounds," Foster said.  

• Alaska 
• California 
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• Delaware 
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• Indiana 
• Kentucky 
• Louisiana 
• Michigan 
• Minnesota 
• Nebraska 
• New Mexico 
• North Carolina 
• Oklahoma 
• Oregon 
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• Vermont 
• Washington 
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Where RFK Jr.'s ballot status is awaiting official confirmation: 

• Alabama 
• Arkansas 
• Connecticut 
• Idaho 
• Illinois 
• Kansas 
• Maryland 
• Massachusetts 
• Missouri 
• Montana 
• New Hampshire 
• New Jersey 
• North Dakota 
• Rhode Island
• South Dakota 
• Virginia 
• Washington, D.C. 

States where he will not be on the ballot: 

• Arizona 
• Florida 
• Georgia 
• Maine 
• New York 
• Pennsylvania 
• South Carolina 
• Texas 
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Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.

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