Caroline Kennedy the John F Kennedy Library & Museum at Columbia Point, Dorchester, MA. Caroline Kennedy Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is an American author, attorney, and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017. She is a prominent member of the Kennedy family and the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Caroline Kennedy was five days away from her sixth birthday when her father was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The following year, Caroline, her mother, and brother John F. Kennedy Jr. settled on the
Caroline Kennedy who insisted that Shaw be the one to tell Caroline about her father's death. That evening, Caroline and John Jr. were brought back to the White House, and while Caroline was in her bed, Shaw broke the news to her. Shaw soon found out that Jacqueline had wanted to be the one to tell the children; this caused a rift between the nanny and Jacqueline. On December 6 (two weeks after the assassination), Jacqueline, Caroline, and John Jr. moved out of the White House and back to Georgetown. Their new home soon became a popular tourist attraction. They left Georgetown