Jackie Kennedy Nearly Married This Man Instead Of JFK

May 2024 ยท 1 minute read

While Jackie Kennedy was thrust into the public eye with her marriage to JFK, he wasn't the first serious relationship in her life. She was actually engaged to be married before she met the future president. 

In December of 1951, the young Jacqueline Bouvier accepted the proposal of stockbroker John Husted Jr., whom she had met while attending Vassar, and the couple set a wedding date for June of 1952, per The List. But, at the couple's engagement party, Jackie's mother, Janet Lee Bouvier, reportedly found out the young Husted only made $17,000 a year as a stockbroker, which is equivalent to around $160,000 today. Jackie's mother encouraged her to break off the engagement, which she did (via People). When Jackie later took John to the airport, she dropped the engagement ring in his pocket. "She was ice cold," Husted later said. "Like we never knew each other," according to People magazine. Jackie Bouvier went on to marry a future president and the rest, as they say, is history.

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