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May 29, 2018 · Photo: HBO. It's been almost 40 years since Sen. John McCain left his first wife and three young children to marry Cindy Lou Hensley, a woman 18 years his junior — yet a lingering pain remains ...
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Sep 1, 2008 · Q: Did John McCain cheat on his first wife? A: He courted his current wife, Cindy, for months before divorcing Carol Shepp in 1980. He recently called the breakup of his first marriage "my ...
Cindy McCain (born May 20, 1954, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.) is an American businesswoman and humanitarian and the wife of U.S. senator and two-time Republican presidential candidate John McCain. After serving as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Agencies for Food and Agriculture (2021–23), she was appointed by UN Secretary-General ...
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Apr 27, 2021 · John McCain had already warned his wife against authorizing "any crazy stuff." Cindy McCain recounts the emergency in her new memoir, Stronger: Courage, Hope, and Humor in My Life with John McCain. "I made the decision to go ahead. He would have the surgery," she writes, knowing the condition was a side effect caused by the steroids he was taking.
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After a whirlwind courtship, John asked Cindy to marry him. But there were some details to clear out of the way. McCain needed a divorce from Carol, his wife of 14 years from whom he was separated. While McCain was a POW, she had been seriously injured in a car accident. After McCain's homecoming from Vietnam, the couple had grown apart. Their marr...
The move to Arizona was convenient for the budding politico McCain. After the 1980 census, Arizona was sure to get a new, fifth congressional seat. But was it too convenient? McCain explains the reaction of some of his new neighbors: "My ambition was plainly obvious, and to some, it was presumptuous and arrogant. If not said, it was thought by many...
Fate lent a hand. In January 1982, former House Minority Leader John Rhodes, R-Ariz., a legendary figure in Arizona Republican politics, retired from his seat in the former 1st Congressional District, which included the East Valley. Rhodes had first won the seat in 1952. On the day Rhodes announced his retirement, Shover got a call from McCain. He ...
McCain's strategy for winning the primary focused primarily on Scottsdale. Mack, Carlson-West and Russell's stomping grounds were Mesa and Tempe. Much to McCain's surprise, the popular longtime Scottsdale Mayor Herb Drinkwater immediately embraced his candidacy. The mayor lined up support from the rest of the City Council and other Scottsdale commu...
Many have told the tale of McCain winning the 1st Congressional District by wearing out three pairs of shoes, with the final pair immortalized in bronze by Cindy. McCain's footwear definitely took a beating during the race, but it was more greenbacks than soles that swept McCain into the House of Representatives. McCain's first campaign benefited f...
McCain's notoriety followed him back to Washington, D.C. Although for the most part McCain's House years found him a fairly typical Reagan era conservative, from Day 1 he clearly was a little different from his peers. In 1983, he was elected the House GOP freshman class president. In 1985, after he had breezed to a second term the previous November...
Chapter 1: John McCain a study in contradiction Chapter 2: John McCain was destined for the Naval Academy Chapter 3: John McCain was 'a very determined guy' as a POW Chapter 4: John McCain's political ambition emerged after POW return Chapter 5: John McCain's political career began after Arizona move Chapter 6: Ever-ambitious, John McCain rises to ...
This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 October 2024. Cindy Lou McCain (née Hensley; born May 20, 1954) [ 2 ] is an American diplomat, businesswoman, and humanitarian who is the executive director of the World Food Programme. McCain previously served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture from ...
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Apr 27, 2021 · John McCain attends a rally in the park on Jan. 31, 2000 in Keene, NH, with his family (from left to right) daughter Bridget (8), wife Cindy, sons Jack (13) and Jimmy (10), and daughter Meghan (15).
