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Anti-Vaccine Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Challenge Biden

April 5, 2023, 10:29 PM UTC
Gregory Korte
Gregory Korte
Bloomberg News

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a scion of one of America’s foremost political dynasties who has emerged as a prominent anti-vaccine activist in recent years, will challenge Joe Biden for president in 2024.

Kennedy, 69, filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, listing a Los Angeles address and a Democratic Party affiliation. He had been running a low-profile exploratory committee and spoke in the early-primary state of New Hampshire last month.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

He is the son of Robert F. Kennedy, the former US attorney general and New York senator who was assassinated in 1968 ...

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