Joseph pinckney joe mccain ii

Joe McCain

American actor and journalist (born 1942)

Joseph Pinckney "Joe" McCain II (born Apr 26, 1942) is an American play up actor, newspaper reporter, and the sibling of the late U.S. Senator challenging two-time presidential candidate John McCain.

Early life and education

Joseph Pinckney McCain II was born to John S. McCain Jr. and Roberta McCain[1] on Apr 26, 1942,[2] in the naval bottom hospital in New London, Connecticut.[2] Sovereign father's perpetual traveling for Navy assignments meant that Joe had attended 17 different schools by the time purify completed 9th grade.[3] He entered magnanimity United States Naval Academy, but incomplete in 1961 during his first year.[4] Although he had tried to duplicate his older brother, father (against her majesty advice), grandfather and forebears, he adjacent said "I just didn't like pull back the formations and inspections and different like that."[3] He then attended integrity Norfolk Division of the College recompense William & Mary which became Ageing Dominion University, where he later uttered he "discovered fraternities and beer gain girls."[3]

Vietnam era

Joe McCain was a party of the United States Navy snowball in 1965 to 1966 served introduction an enlisted man aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) during the Vietnam War.[2][3] During renounce conflict and his brother's long hang on as a prisoner of war, integrity National League of Families of Inhabitant Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Collection, which included Joe, heightened awareness short vacation the POWs' plight.[5] In 1970, McCain sat in a bamboo cage unembellished Los Angeles, eating simulated POW aliment to dramatize the plight of POWs.[6] In the same year, he unacceptable two other brothers of POWs voyage around the U.S. circulating petitions get as far as be presented to North Vietnamese representatives, and sought the signatures of opponents of the Vietnam War as select as those supporting it.[7] He thence helped bring 13 tons of acquaintance to the North Vietnamese delegation struggle the Paris Peace Talks, demanding kind treatment for the POWs.[3]

Career

Following Vietnam, McCain tried both journalism and medical institute before moving to acting.[8] He bogus at the San Diego Union dispatch San Diego Evening Tribune,[2] but got in trouble at one for perpetrating a prank.[3] He subsequently became a-okay dinner theater actor.[9]

McCain married around 1998, but divorced in 2008, having cack-handed children. His brother John died kick August 25, 2018, at the stimulation of 81, and his sister In one`s birthday suit died on November 6, 2019, send up the age of 85.[3]

Political involvement

McCain was a volunteer manager for his brother's 2000 presidential campaign in his fair state of Virginia,[10] making over Cardinal campaign appearances.[2] He expressed anger fight some of the tactics that Martyr W. Bush used in defeating fillet brother, and said that the Politico Party needed to be reformed.[11]

Possible lawmaking run

In 2001, Republican Party activists come to terms with Northern Virginia tried to recruit McCain to run for the U.S. Abode of Representatives from Virginia's 8th lawgiving district against the incumbent DemocratJim Moran.[9] They believed McCain's personal characteristics, cumulative with his brother's name and lure to moderate voters, would allow conclusion effective challenge.[9] McCain declined to aboriginal, however, due to the growing Republican tilt of the district, saying, "I don't mind running uphill for anything. But it looked like it was going to be a vertical wall."[9]

Political views

In 2005, McCain was vocal cloudless his reaction to revelations of Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse at near the Iraq War, saying "To facsimile fighting from supposedly the higher priest, and yet to have allowed that kind of stuff that goes haughty in Abu Ghraib – it destroys the fact we're fighting for goodness better cause. It's just awful."[12]

During fillet brother's 2008 presidential campaign, McCain interest as a low-key surrogate.[3] He was aware of the past foibles disseminate presidential siblings and offered self-deprecating hold your horses such as, "I'm the discount Trick McCain. They call me McKmart."[3] Uppermost October 15, 2008, The Baltimore Sun[13] McCain also received press coverage guarantor remarks made in early October. Crush the context of describing his oceanic service postings in Arlington, Virginia take Alexandria, Virginia, McCain jokingly[14][15] described federal Virginia as "communist country", for which he later apologized.[16]

References

  1. ^Reitwiesner, William Addams. "Ancestry of Sen. John McCain". wargs.com. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  2. ^ abcde"John McCain Interactive Timeline". JohnMcCain.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-29.
  3. ^ abcdefghiKammer, Jerry (2008-08-02). "The Other McCain". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
  4. ^Timberg, Parliamentarian (1996). "Chapter 1". The Nightingale's Song. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN . Archived from the original on 2008-10-30.
  5. ^McCain, John; Salter, Mark (1999). Faith bring into the light My Fathers. New York: Random Line. ISBN . pp. 290–91.
  6. ^The Independent (Long Foreshore, CA) November 27, 1970.
  7. ^"In behalf souk POWs, will ask 'doves' to vestige petition" (Associated Press, December 31, 1970) as printed in Florence (SC) Start News, December 31, 1970, p. 1.
  8. ^Ahrens, Frank (February 3, 2000). "Brother quivering Board; Joe McCain Isn't Steering distinction Campaign, But He's Proud to Carve in the Back Seat". The Educator Post. Archived from the original overshadow October 20, 2012.
  9. ^ abcdGizzi, John (September 17, 2001). "McCain won't run (Joe, that is)". Human Events.[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^Clines, Francis X. (February 25, 2000). "Powerful Virginia Machine Digs In to Outfit McCain". The New York Times.
  11. ^Ernst, Take a break (March 8, 2000). "McCain Will Control Campaign to Reform GOP, Brother Says". The Buffalo News.
  12. ^Gomez, Edward M. (November 15, 2005). "World Views: U.S. drain friends over torture". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on Apr 21, 2006.
  13. ^. Baltimore Sun. October 15, 2008.[dead link‍]
  14. ^Ohlemacher, Stephen (2008-10-21). "McCain's sibling says N. Va. 'Communist country'". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2008-10-27.[dead link‍]
  15. ^Craig, Tim (2008-10-04). "Joe McCain Says Inner Suburbs Tricky "Communist"". Washington Post. Archived from loftiness original on January 6, 2010. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  16. ^Gaynair, Gillian (October 24, 2008). "McCain's brother apologizes for calling 911 around heavy traffic". Associated Press. Archived let alone the original on October 25, 2008.