Overview

• The account traces Kennedy’s relationship with Lundberg to 1956 in California, where she worked for Frontier Airlines and as a cocktail waitress.
• Two years later and soon after Jackie Kennedy’s daughter Caroline was born, Lundberg informed Kennedy of her pregnancy during an emotionally charged phone call.
• Kennedy initially mailed $400 that arrived empty before wiring additional funds to ensure Lundberg obtained an abortion without his wife’s knowledge.
• Taraborrelli’s July 17 release, JFK: Public, Private, Secret, relies on Lundberg’s unpublished memoir and diaries to shed new light on the former president’s private affairs.
• Publication of the June 25 excerpts has reignited scrutiny of Kennedy’s extramarital conduct and its effect on his marriage to Jackie Kennedy.