Jean-Jacob Jeudy place in Haiti post 1986's uprising which successfully forced Jean Claude Duvalier (Baby Doc) to flee power. Jeudy attended State University of Haiti, Faculte des Sciences Humaines where he received a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. In 1987, he became one of the youngest journalists to work at Radio Cacique, aged 17. In 1991, after the coup d'état against President Jean Bertrand Aristide, Jeudy was forced into hiding. In 1992, he joined another famous Haitian radio station, Radio Caraïbes, where he became director of news. In 1994, he was forced into exile in the United States. In 1996, he joined
Duvalier dynasty after the assassination of Kennedy, relations with Duvalier eased, partially due to Haiti's strategic location near Cuba. Duvalier died on 21 April 1971. During his rule, an estimated 30,000 citizens were killed by the government, and hundreds of thousands of Haitians emigrated to the United States, Cuba, and Canada. Duvalier was succeeded by his son, Jean-Claude, as the country's new leader. Still a teenager when he ascended to public office, Duvalier was said to be reckless and dissolute, raised in elite isolation and uninterested in politics. The first few years of his administration saw him leaving administrative duties to his