Joseph patrick kennedy iii biography of barack

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Synopsis

Born in Boston in 1980, Joseph P. Kennedy III grew up near Boston, Massachusetts. He went to Stanford University and served in the Peace Corps from 2004 to 2006. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Kennedy worked as an assistant district attorney in Massachusetts. He resigned in January 2012 to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in Massachusetts' fourth district. That November, Kennedy defeated his Republican opponent Sean Bielat.

Early Life

Born on October 4, 1980, in Boston, Massachusetts, Joseph Patrick Kennedy III comes from a long line of influential politicians. His great uncle was President John F. Kennedy and his grandfather was Robert Kennedy, who was a senator and was assassinated during his presidential campaign. His father, Joseph P. Kennedy II, also served in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms, from 1987 to 1998. His uncle, Ted Kennedy, had the longest political career in the family, spanning from the 1960s to his death in 2009.

Kennedy grew up near Boston, Massachusetts, with his twin brother Matthew Rauch Kennedy. Their parents divorced when they were in their early teens. Both Kennedy boys attended Buckingham Browne & Nichols, an elite private school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Joseph P. Kennedy III then went to Stanford University where demonstrated his athletic abilities on the lacrosse field. He was a goalie and co-captain for the school's team.

From 2004 to 2006, Kennedy served in the Peace Corps, an organization his great-uncle John F. Kennedy founded. He spent two years in the Dominican Republic in the Puerto Plata area. Returning to the United States, Kennedy enrolled at Harvard Law School. There he was involved in the school's legal aid bureau. After earning his degree, Kennedy worked as an assistant district attorney in Massachusetts for several years.

Political Career

In early 2012, Joseph P. Kennedy III announced that he was running for the U.S. House of

American politician (born 1980)

Joseph Patrick Kennedy III (born October 4, 1980) is an American politician and diplomat who most recently served as the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland from 2022 to 2024. Prior to this, Kennedy served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented a district that extends from Boston's western suburbs to the state's South Coast. He worked as an assistant district attorney in the Cape and Islands and Middlesex County, Massachusetts, offices before his election to Congress. In January 2021, he became a CNN commentator.

A member of the Kennedy family, he is a son of U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II, a grandson of U.S. Senator and U.S. Attorney GeneralRobert F. Kennedy, a grandnephew of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, and a great-grandson of U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.

Born in Boston, Kennedy was raised in the area with his twin brother, Matthew Rauch Kennedy. After graduating from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree, he spent two years in the Dominican Republic as a member of the Peace Corps, before earning a Juris Doctor at Harvard Law School in 2009. He resigned from his role as assistant district attorney in early 2012 to run for the U.S. House of Representatives seat held by the retiring Barney Frank. Kennedy was sworn into office in January 2013, and sat on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. In 2020, Kennedy unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Senator Ed Markey for the Democratic nomination in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate election. He was succeeded by fellow Democrat, and distant cousin-in-law, Jake Auchincloss.

Since leaving office, he has founded Groundwork Project, which focuses on boosting local community organizing efforts throughout the United States.

Joe Kennedy III

Congressman, President of Citizens Energy

A former Congressman, legal aid volunteer, and assistant district attorney, Joe Kennedy has dedicated his career to social and economic justice.

Joe is currently the President of Citizens Energy, a diversified renewable energy non-profit dedicated to supporting a just and equitable green energy transition. In addition to making clean energy more accessible and affordable, Citizens donates millions of dollars in profits to those in need across the United States, including in frontline and project host communities.  

He is also the founder of Groundwork Project, a political advocacy organization dedicated to supporting local community organizing efforts in regions of the country historically under-resourced and disenfranchised.

Most recently, Joe was Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs for the Biden Administration, a key diplomatic post through which he focused on the long-standing U.S. commitment to peace, prosperity, and stability throughout the region.

Joe served as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts 4th congressional district from 2013-2021, where he focused on civil rights and economic justice. Before his election to Congress, he worked as an assistant district attorney in the Cape and Middlesex County offices and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic.

Joe was born in Boston and graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School. He currently serves on numerous non-profit boards, including the Woodwell Climate Research Center, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health. He is married to Lauren Birchfield Kennedy and they have two young children, Eleanor and James.

Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy III (born October 4, 1980) is an American lawyer, politician, and a member of the Kennedy family. He was the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district from 2013 to 2021. In 2022, he became the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland. He is a Democrat whose district stretches from the western suburbs of Boston to the state's South Coast.

He is the son of former U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II and grandson of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy. He worked as a Peace Corps volunteer and as an assistant district attorney in the Cape and Islands and Middlesex offices before his election to Congress.

On January 30, 2018, Kennedy delivered the Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union address.

On September 21, 2019, Kennedy announced his plans to run against Ed Markey in the 2020 Massachusetts United States Senaterace. He lost the primary to Markey on September 1, 2020, making him the first Kennedy family member to lose an election in Massachusetts.

In December 2022, Kennedy was named the United States Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs by President Joe Biden.

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