Did John F. Kennedy use his womanizing ways and countless extramarital affairs to mask his grave health issues?

By Laurence Leamer

I have written three New York Times best-selling books about the Kennedys over my career. I thought I was through with the subject, but in recent years, as I read various new biographies of President John F. Kennedy, I realized a defining aspect of his life was missing. The president was a sickly man—one who used an endless stream of romantic partners to assert a healthy persona that did not exist. His poor health was a frightening business covered up by those closest to him.

As a teenager, Kennedy was misdiagnosed with leukemia. He was so sickly that he spent READ ON