U.S. President Facts That Will Make You See Them Differently

John F. Kennedy’s health was far worse than the public ever knew. He was so chronically ill that he received Catholic last rites three separate times before he was assassinated. Back pain, Addison’s disease, infections — he lived with constant medical crises hidden from the nation.

It’s wild to imagine the cool, glamorous JFK juggling medications, injections, and emergency doctors behind the scenes. The public saw a young, vigorous leader; the reality was a man fighting his own body every day, sometimes coming dangerously close to death long before Dallas.