 He became more and more disenchanted with his fame, it seemed, with life in general. He had a very difficult relationship with his only child, Joe DiMaggio Jr. You can imagine what that was like for him, being Joe DiMaggio Jr. and always being compared to his father. He tried and did not become a baseball player. He did join the Marine Corps, but he also drifted a lot. He was more like his brother Vince, couldn't quite get traction on the rest of his life.