Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former US President John F Kennedy Jr., has announced her diagnosis with an aggressive form of cancer, revealing she has been given less than a year to live.
In a heartfelt essay published in The New Yorker coinciding with the 62nd anniversary of her grandfather's assassination, the 35-year-old climate journalist and mother of two shared her battle with acute myeloid leukemia, which was diagnosed after she gave birth in May 2024.
Schlossberg has been outspoken against her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointment as US health secretary under President Trump, documenting her alarm at the decision while she struggled with her health.
Despite undergoing treatment including chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, she disclosed her prognosis remains grim. During the latest clinical trial, my doctor told me that he could keep me alive for a year, maybe, she recounted, expressing a deep concern for her children.
Schlossberg reflected on the generational tragedies within her family, including the untimely deaths of her uncle John F. Kennedy Jr. and her grandmother Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Her essay resonates with themes of family legacy, love, and the fear of being forgotten.
