Camelot or Cringe?: Meet JFK's grandson turned congressional candidate for the scrolling generation

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Jack Schlossberg struck a serious tone in his campaign launch video this week, but his digital footprint tells a different story. As former President John F. Kennedy’s only grandson, Schlossberg is practically political royalty. But to New York City’s chronically online electorate, he is better known as the star of hundreds of satirical, and often absurd, viral videos. Sometimes he sings bizarre love songs to Second Lady Usha Vance or trolls her husband, Vice President JD Vance . As a surrogate for former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024, Schlossberg teamed up with Democratic candidates nationwide, including former Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who lost to Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., last year. Between satirical renditions of Taylor Swift’s "Love Story" and answering a lobster like a phone in a spoof news bit, Schlossberg has cultivated a following any aspiring influencer would envy, with close to 850,000 TikTok followers and nearly 770,000 on Instagram. NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT BREAKS RANKS TO SUPPORT REPUBLICAN JACK CIATTARELLI FOR GOVERNOR "True or false: Usha Vance is way hotter than Jackie O," Schlossberg said on X earlier this year, referencing his grandmother, former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. JOE KENNEDY III BLASTS RFK JR. AFTER FIERY SENATE HEARING, FUELING KENNEDY FAMILY INFIGHTING: 'HE MUST RESIGN' He later described his own comments as "weird" and "creepy" on former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki's podcast "The Blueprint." "The internet is a place where it's difficult to break through, and it's difficult to break through if you are not saying something controversial or at least somehow unexpected," Schlossberg explained. "I see that Democrats play that game not as well as we could, and I think I use my judgment to make posts that I think are funny or silly but have a purpose…" Despite the followers and the Kennedy connections, Schlossberg has a slim résumé. He most recently served as a political correspondent fo…