Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member of a storied U.S. political dynasty, is due to announce on Wednesday a long-shot bid to challenge incumbent President Joe Biden for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.
Kennedy, 69, faces little chance of success, but his campaign could help him to advance claims that childhood immunizations pose health risks — a theory that has been repeatedly discredited by multiple scientific reviews.
Kennedy has been banned from YouTube and Instagram for spreading misinformation about vaccines and the COVID-19 pandemic.
He is the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963, and the son of former U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968 during his own presidential bid.
Kennedy is likely to highlight these links when he makes his announcement in Boston, the city where his uncles — also including the late U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy — launched their political careers.
He is also the founder and head of the Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine advocacy organization that frequently promotes misinformation on the safety of vaccines.
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