HisAyahnya fathermempunyai hadcita-cita aspirationsagar fordia him to becomemenjadi [[U.S.presiden presidentAS]]. HeDia wasadalah a delegate to thedelegasi [[1940Konvensi DemocraticNasional NationalPartai ConventionDemokrat 1940]] anddan plannedberencana tomencalonkan rundiri for a seat in thedi [[U.S.Dewan HousePerwakilan ofRakyat RepresentativesAS]] aftersetelah hisdinas militarymiliternya servicesebagai asbatu theloncatan firstpertama steppingmenuju stonekursi onkepresidenan. the path to the presidency.<ref name="MacIntyre">{{cite news |last=MacIntyre |first=Ben |date=August 2, 2014 |title=How Joseph Kennedy's death changed US history |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/the-times/how-joseph-kennedys-death-changed-us-history/news-story/eb9bfd6642edd87c85e8958a46886955 |work=The Australian |location=Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia}}</ref> Kematian Kennedy'sdeathsaat whileberpartisipasi participating in adalam [[OperationOperasi Aphrodite|top-secretmisi missionrahasia]] inpada tahun 1944 causedmenyebabkan hisayahnya fathermengalihkan toaspirasinya transferkepada hisputra aspirationstertua to his next-oldest sonberikutnya, [[John F. Kennedy]], <ref name="MacIntyre"/> whoyang followedmengikuti thejalur pathyang firstawalnya planneddirencanakan foruntuk hiskakak olderlaki-lakinya brotherdengan bymaju advancingdari fromDPR the House to theke [[U.S.Senat SenateAS]] anddan thenkemudian toke thekursi presidencykepresidenan. <ref name="MacIntyre"/>
