Caroline Bouvier Kennedy was born on November 27, 1957, She was born at Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, New York City to parents were then U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy and socialiteJacqueline Kennedy. Kennedy was born a year after her mother had a miscarriage in August 1956, of her older sister named Arabella Kennedy.[5]
During her childhood in the White House, Kennedy was often seen playing with her father in the Oval Office while her brother was underneath the presidential desk.
When Kennedy was five years old, her father was assassinated on November 22, 1963. This was just days before her sixth birthday. On November 25, the state funeral for her father was held in Washington, D.C. She went to the funeral with her family.
On December 6, 1963, the Kennedy's officially moved out of the White House. They moved back to Georgetown and later left public life.
After graduating, she worked as a research assistant at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Film and Television Department in New York.
She is also the honorary president of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and a member of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Committee.[8]
In July 2013, then PresidentBarack Obama nominated Kennedy as the next United States ambassador to Japan.[11][12] In October 2013, she was confirmed by the Senate as the next ambassador.[13] On November 12, 2013, Kennedy was sworn in as the 29th United States ambassador to Japan by U.S. Secretary of StateJohn Kerry. Kennedy was the first female ambassador from the United States to the country.
In December 2021, President Biden nominated Kennedy as the next United States ambassador to Australia.[19][20] By May 2022, she was confirmed by the Senate as the next ambassador.[21] Kennedy was sworn in as the 27th ambassador to Australia on June 10, 2022.[22]
