Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1956, Kennedy akatamisa mhuri yake yakanga ichikura kunze kweWashington kuenda kuimba yainzi Hickory Hill, yaakatenga kubva kumunun'una wake John. Ichi chivako chikuru chine makamuri 13 okurara, uye dzimba dzokugezera 13 chaiva muMcLean, Virginia. Kennedy akaenderera mberi achishanda semubatsiri kuna Adlai Stevenson panguva yesarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika ya1956 iyo yakamubatsira kudzidza kuti mishandirapamwe yenyika yakashanda sei, mukugadzirira ramangwana rinotungamirwa nemukoma wake, Jack. Asina kuororwa naStevenson, anonzi akavhotera Dwight D. Eisenhower. Kennedy akanga ariwo nhume pa
1956 Democratic National Convention, achitsiva Tip O'Neil pakukumbirwa nomukoma wake John, achibatanidzwa mune zvakazopedzisira zvave kuedza kusingabudiriri kubatsira JFK kuwana zita remutevedzeri wapurezidhendi. Nokukurumidza pashure paikoku, achitevera mirayiridzo yababa vake, Kennedy akaedza kuyananisa naJ. Edgar Hoover. Kwakaratidzika kuva nokuvandudzika mukubatana kwavo, uko kwakauya kuonekwa se"chinodikanwa chikuru chezvematongerwe enyika" naKennedy. Izvi zvakazochinja pashure pokunge Kennedy agadzwa kuva gweta guru renyika, uko Hoover akamuona so"kutyisidzira kusati kwamboitika".