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That said, the Kennedys stuck together Jackie believed marriage was forever.
Marilyn Monroe wasn’t JFK’s only mistress, far from it, in fact.
Alford, then Mimi Beardsley, wrote First Lady Jackie Kennedy a letter asking for a job.
Her boss immediately took a liking to her.
What followed was a year-and-a-half-long affair.
As Alford claimed in her book, she even lost her virginity to JFK.
“I can’t say our relationship was romantic.
Much effort was put in to ensure First Lady Jackie Kennedy was none the wiser.
Despite the president’s best efforts, his wife wasn’t fooled.
Thanks to Sinatra, she also got to know Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana.
“I lied when I said that President Kennedy was unaware of my friendships with mobsters.
“I was 26 and in love.
Was I supposed to have more judgment than the president of the United States?”
Exner askedVanity Fairin a 1997 interview.
She had also had an affair with Joe Kennedy, JFK’s playboy father, over two decades before.
Dietrich decided to lie.
“He tried, but I never did,” she said.
Baker recalled his conversation with lobbyist Bill Thompson that started it all (perPolitico).
I said, ‘She would jump at the chance.’
So she went to the White House several times.”
What’s more, Rometsch also (allegedly) had an affair with Gerald Ford.
Meyer ranked high on the social ladder.
Here, she became friendly with future First Lady Jackie Kennedy.
After her divorce in 1958, Meyer began an affair with JFK.
They had a years-long relationship, allegedly experimenting with psychedelics and discussing top-secret politics.
In 1964, the yearafter JFK died, Meyer was mysteriously killed.
Despite an overwhelming lack of evidence, Ray Crump Jr. was arrested for the crime.
He was eventually acquitted thanks to his lawyer, Dovey Johnson Roundtree.
The case remains one of Washington’s top unsolved mysteries.
