Jfk: Public, Private, Secret by Taraborrelli, J. Randy

From the New York Times bestselling Kennedy historian and author of Jackie: Public, Private, Secret comes the other side of the story--her husband's: JFK: Public, Private, Secret.

In this deeply researched presidential biography, J. Randy Taraborrelli tells John F. Kennedy's story in a provocative new way by revealing how public moments in his life were so influenced by private relationships with not only his family, but also Jackie's.

But it's the secret life that also surprises. As Congressman, Senator and finally President, JFK was a magnet for women. With exclusive interviews and meticulous research, Taraborrelli reveals not only the man's many affairs but also the strength and resolve his wife showed in coping with them.

JFK's women include:

- Jackie Kennedy, and her rules of engagement for Jack's infidelity: "Show me some respect and don't rub it in my face"
- Inga Arvad. JFK's first love and how it ended over fears she was a Nazi spy.
- Marilyn Monroe. Why Jackie insisted JFK end it with her: "This one's different, Jack. This one's trouble!"
- Finally - the truth about of JFK's relationship with Marilyn exclusively from Marilyn's closest friend... and how it wasn't what people believed.
- Joan Hitchcock. The mysterious brunette who comforted Jack after Jackie threatened to file for divorce.

Other great stories:

- How JFK's grief over his infant son caused him to make rash decisions that pulled the USA into Vietnam for the first time.
- The real truth, once and for all, about the Mafia's involvement in JFK's election.
- The startling drug abuse that clouded the President's decisions during the disastrous Bay of Pigs...
- ... and how Jackie managed to wean him from those drugs in time for the nearly cataclysmic Cuban Missile Crisis.
- The Kennedys' secret plans to renew their wedding vows, made just before JFK's assassination.

The JFK presented in Taraborrelli's definitive biography is a complex and endlessly fascinating historical figure, despite--and maybe even because of--his many flaws.

Author: J. Randy Taraborrelli
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 07/15/2025
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781250346384

About the Author
J. Randy Taraborrelli is the author of over 20 biographies, most of which have become New York Times bestsellers, including: Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot; After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family 1968 to the Present, which was adapted as a mini-series for Reelz; and Jackie, Janet & Lee: The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and Her Daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill, presently being adapted for television by Taraborrelli. His most recent book, Jackie: Public, Private, Secret, debuted at number three on the New York Times bestseller list.