The Real Jackie Kennedy, According To Her Former Bodyguard

Lifestyle May 5, 2022

Getting The News

Being a secret service agent for a president is no easy task, so Hill was a bit let down when he got the news he would be working for Kennedy.

jackie kennedy at her Georgetown home in August 1960.
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“I got the word…that I was to go back to Washington for a new assignment. After an intensive interview, they advised me I was going to be assigned to Mrs. Kennedy. I was very disappointed,” said Hill.