Had he lived, John F. Kennedy Jr. would have turned 65 today—a milestone that feels impossible for a man the world still remembers in motion: sailing across Nantucket Sound, jogging through Central Park, laughing with reporters outside the offices of George magazine. What many don’t know is how deeply he wrestled with the weight of history while quietly shaping a life that was entirely his own. Born three months after his father’s assassination, John Jr. grew up protected but never untouched by