At 12:35 noon that day, the presidential convoy passed by Elm Street with three gunshots, Kennedy fell into his wife Jacqueline's arms. Jacqueline was 39 years old this year, while Onassis was 62 years old.

11-22, 1963, then President of the United States, John Kennedy, took his wife to Dallas City, Texas, to win votes for re-election in the coming year. At 12:35 noon that day, the presidential convoy passed by Elm Street with three gunshots and fell into his arms. Kennedy was assassinated years after his widow Jacqueline remarried to Greek ship king Aristotle Onassis . This year, Jacqueline was 39 years old, while Onassis was 62 years old. There is a 23-year-old age gap between the two. So why did Jacqueline remarry an old man who was 23 years older than him?

Some people may say that maybe they are interested in the old man’s money? Onassis is indeed very rich as a famous figure in the history of world shipping. When Onassis died in 1975, he had about 400 ships of all sizes (7 million tons in total), and the total value of his company on land was astronomical. But Jacqueline has been the president's wife after all, so her vision is definitely higher than that of ordinary people. Jacqueline's noble temperament, elegant manners and independent personality have won the admiration of politicians from various countries such as French President Charles de Gaulle, Soviet leader Khrushchev .

It is not difficult to marry a politician and a wealthy businessman with Jacqueline's conditions. So why did you choose someone 23 years older than you within such a wide range of choices? What's more, Jacqueline also declared that she gave up her inheritance in the prenuptial agreement with Onassis. Then what is she trying to do this? Is it really a matter of how old people are? Or is it true love between Jacqueline and Onassis that transcends age and material conditions? The truth is not that simple. Let’s first review Jacqueline’s previous life experience.

Jacqueline was born in Southampton, New York in July 1929. Jacqueline's father, John Warnu Boowell, is a wealthy stockbroker, and his mother, Janet Lee, is a socialite who comes from a wealthy family of financial and real estate. But shortly after Jacqueline was born, their family lost almost all their property during the Great Depression in the United States. Be sure to pay attention to the word "almost" here, because in fact, the Jacqueline family is richer than ordinary families even after bankruptcy, and Jacqueline's parents still raise their daughters according to the standards of the upper class daughter.

Jacqueline, who is still raised by wealth even though her family is in a poor state, has an elegant and literary temperament. Jacqueline's parents divorced when she was thirteen. Jacqueline's mother took her and her sister to marry Hugh Okincross, a banker, but the rich stepfather was reluctant to spend money on her daughter, who was not biological. Jacqueline actually lived a life of half-working and half-studying at school. When Jacqueline was 18 years old, she was lucky enough to take the Queen Mary mail boat to Europe for vacation. This trip abroad further enriched Jacqueline's horizon.

Jacqueline paid a visit to the British Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London, and registered to study French and French history at the University of Paris, France. In 1951, Jacqueline worked as a photographer in a newspaper after obtaining her art degree from the University of Washington. The next year, Jacqueline met Kennedy, who was still a member of Congress at the time. At that time, the Kennedy family was a big shot in the political and business world of the United States. Kennedy's father, Joseph Patrick Kennedy, became a prominent millionaire and financial industrialist at that time by investing in stocks in his early years.

During the Great Depression in the United States, Joseph Patrick Kennedy became the youngest and most capable banker in the United States. John Fitzgerald, then mayor of Boston, betrothed his daughter Rose to Joseph. Joseph and Rose have given birth to four sons and five daughters: the second son John Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States, the third son Robert Kennedy later became the U.S. Attorney General, and the fourth son Edward Kennedy served as the federal senator for 47 years.

Of course, when Jacqueline met Kennedy, she might not have expected that this man would become president in the future, but at that time the Kennedy family's financial resources, resources and connections were enough to make her moved. There are many statements that it is Jacqueline who takes the initiative to pursue Kennedy in this relationship. Although Jacqueline was from a prominent family, her original family had long been broken by this time; in contrast, the Kennedy family was the most popular political family in the United States at that time. It seems reasonable to say that Jacqueline is attracted by the wealth and power of the Kennedy family.

However, there is also a saying that after seeing Jacqueline, Joseph Patrick Kennedy almost ordered his son to marry this woman. Although Jacqueline's original family had already declined at this time, Jacqueline, who had been raised from a wealthy family, still maintained the elegant temperament of the upper class in every move, and she was good at dealing with various social activities. It turns out that Jacqueline later added a lot of points to her husband Kennedy in politics through various social events. After Kennedy was elected president in 1960, Jacqueline became the youngest presidential wife in American history.

Jacqueline, who has an independent personality, does not want to be just a vase decoration. There is a saying that "man conquers women by conquering the world, and women conquers the world by conquering men." Of course, this sentence is not necessarily absolutely correct, but it is indeed appropriate to use it for Jacqueline. Becoming the first lady not only provided Jacqueline with material life, but also provided her with a platform to participate in national political activities. Of course, Jacqueline, who has not held any formal position in the U.S. government, is not easy to directly interfere in politics, but as the president's wife, she can have an indirect influence on national political activities.

Jacqueline followed her husband to participate in all political activities: she wrote more than 20,000 letters to people from all walks of life across the country, and also delivered speeches in French, Spanish and Italian in front of new naturalized voters. After moving to , Jacqueline planned to make an overall transformation of the decoration style after moving to , White House . Jacqueline still remembers her experience of visiting palaces in European countries such as Britain and France. Jacqueline decided to build the White House into a history museum like Versailles . Jacqueline set up a committee specifically for this and raised millions of dollars.

Jacqueline uses this money to buy ancient furniture and paintings across the country to decorate the White House. Of course, being the President’s wife is not enough to just clean up the house, and you must be able to take it out to participate in various social events to add face to the President. As mentioned above, Jacqueline has won the admiration of international politicians including Charles de Gaulle and Khrushchev in various state activities. In a sense, Jacqueline changed the view of Europeans on the United States: Before that, European veteran powers have always regarded the United States as a nouveau riche. No matter how developed and powerful the United States is, it is difficult to change the inherent concepts of the old European nobles in a short period of time.

However, Jacqueline's meticulous elegance from head to toe seems to represent a royal family with a long historical and cultural heritage. Europeans believe that the United States is a nouveau riche with no historical and cultural heritage, so Jacqueline uses the costume of the Greek goddess in various state activities. As we all know, ancient Greek is regarded as the source of Western civilization, so Greek civilization is regarded as elegant throughout the Western world. Jacqueline wanted to change the inherent impression of the United States in this way. This is actually demonstrating a kind of cultural soft power.

As Jacqueline's fame becomes more and more popular, the American radio broadcaster always adds a sentence after forecasting the weather: "Good night, Madame Kennedy, no matter where you are now." Jacqueline stopped working after marrying Kennedy, but instead relied on Kennedy's income and family funds to support her life. In the first and second year of entering the White House, Jacqueline also exceeded $40,000 after spending Kennedy's annual salary of $100,000. After all, the president's wife needs money to maintain an elegant image in various social activities.

The official communication budget of the White House was not enough for Jacqueline's expenses, so Kennedy had to pay out of his own pocket to satisfy his wife's luxury consumption. Although Kennedy is not short of money, he still feels very annoyed by it. Kennedy even hired a professional accountant to help restrain Jacqueline's spending. This is actually not the main contradiction between the couple, and what makes Jacqueline even more dissatisfied with Kennedy's romantic nature. Kennedy had all had scandals with the famous movie stars Judith Campbell, Marilyn Monroe and even his sister-in-law Carolin Lee.

During the marriage to Kennedy, Jacqueline also had two children. This series of blows caused her to suffer from depression. She is probably the only one who knows whether the president's wife, who is so glorious in the eyes of outsiders, is happy. In August 1963, Jacqueline and Kennedy's youngest son Patrick died. After this blow, Jacqueline almost never showed up in the public again, until three months later, she encountered the world-shaking incident when she accompanied her husband to Dallas to pull up votes for re-election.

Kennedy's assassination, the newly appointed president Johnson had hoped that Jacqueline would serve as ambassador to Mexico , but Jacqueline rejected the invitation because she suspected that Johnson was behind the scenes of Kennedy's assassination . After President Kennedy's death, Jacqueline had a close relationship with her brother-in-law Robert Kennedy. Robert Kennedy is regarded as President Kennedy's political successor, and he also helped Jacqueline financially and life a lot. During this period, Jacqueline and her children lived mainly with Robert.

In the fifth year after President Kennedy was assassinated, his younger brother Robert Kennedy was inexplicably assassinated when he was about to win the presidential election. Within five years, two political leaders of the Kennedy family were assassinated one after another, and they all died inexplicably and were full of doubts. This has to doubt that there may be a huge conspiracy behind the death of the Kennedy brothers. At this time, Jacqueline believed that the Kennedy family might have become the target of assassination of some mysterious force. This made Jacqueline start to worry about the safety of her children's lives, so she urgently needs to find someone who can protect their mother and son's safety.

Jacqueline was not pure during her five years of widowhood: she had a brief relationship with actor Marlon Brando and also dated President Kennedy's friend British Ambassador to the United States Gore. In 1967, Gore proposed to Jacqueline, but Jacqueline chose to refuse. Jacqueline’s reason for rejection was that she didn’t want to be with everyone associated with the past. This reason is actually quite far-fetched. If Jacqueline was because of the painful memories that Gore had with Kennedy’s personal relationship, then she knew that from the first day she dated Gore, didn’t she?

But why didn’t he publicly express his attitude until Gore proposed to her? As an adult, Jacqueline couldn't not know what Gore meant to date herself, so the only explanation is that Jacqueline is still hesitating and screening. It is very likely that Jacqueline has begun to think about her and her children's future after Kennedy's death. At this time, Jacqueline was once in a state of trouble - after all, who can compare to Kennedy's reputation, status and power? Although Jacqueline has various relationships with various political leaders, wealthy businessmen and celebrities, she is still unsure of who to choose in the end.

Brother-in-law Robert Kennedy's assassination forces Jacqueline to make a decision as soon as possible. If Jacqueline had carefully screened among countless admirers before this, then the reality of Robert Kennedy's assassination made her make a decision as soon as possible. First of all, Jacqueline hasn't worked since she married Kennedy. The cost of living for Jacqueline and her children was first provided by her husband Kennedy. After President Kennedy's death, Robert Kennedy continued to take care of the lives of his sister-in-law, nephew and niece. Robert's death means that Jacqueline's mother and son's livelihood has been interrupted.

After the Kennedy brothers were assassinated one after another, Jacqueline felt that the mastermind might attack her children, so she planned to leave the United States to avoid complicated political disputes. The money and power that Greek ship king Aristotle Onassis possesses can protect her and her children's safety. This is the fundamental reason why Jacqueline chose to marry Onassis. Just three months after Robert Kennedy was assassinated, Jacqueline remarried onassis. Jacqueline and Onassis first met in August 1963. That was when Jacqueline and Kennedy's youngest son died.

At that time, Onassis was dating Jacqueline's sister Carolin Lee. Perhaps Carolin invited Jacqueline to come to Greece to relax in order to soothe his sister's pain of losing her son. The romantic and rich Onassis personally accompanied the sisters to the boat tour. At that time, Carolin would never have thought that his sister would take the man from her in five years. When news of Jacqueline remarrying Onassis came out, Americans believed that the elegant former first lady married the short, old and ugly ship king was a defilement of the honor of the former presidential lady, while the British newspapers at the time reported sarcastically: "She married a blank check !"

When Jacqueline's mother heard that she was going to marry Onassis, she almost fainted, and Carolin refused to attend their wedding because of her sister's "betrayal" to herself. In fact, Jacqueline is just a fancy to Onassis's huge amount of money and the opportunity to escape from the United States. When Onassis proposed, he generously gave the engagement diamond ring worth $2.6 million and promised to offer another 5 million jewelry when he got married. You should know that the engagement diamond ring that Kennedy gave to Jacqueline was just a diamond set with 2.84 carats emerald and 2.88 carats.

The agreement signed by Jacqueline and Onassis before marriage stipulates that Onassis must pay her three million dollars to marry Jacqueline, plus one million dollars for each child of lifelong annuity . Onassis in exchange for Jacqueline's relinquishing the inheritance. This agreement actually satisfies the needs of both parties: Onassis not only successfully embraces the beauty, but also guarantees the inheritance of his own children. As for the annual annuity expenditure of $30,000 to $30 million, it is just a drop in the bucket for the world's top richest man like Onassis.

Therefore, this agreement is not a loss from Onassis's standpoint, and also not a loss from Jacqueline's standpoint. Although Jacqueline gave up the right to inherit the Onassis estate, she could earn $30,000 and $4 million a year for herself and her children. This may not be anything to Jacqueline, who is used to living a luxurious life, but it is definitely a huge sum of money for ordinary people. Of course, Jacqueline, who is used to being extravagant, is probably not satisfied with this. This is also why Jacqueline hasn't made up her mind to marry Onassis for five years.

At that time, Jacqueline was actually waiting for the price among all the suitors. Jacqueline, who lost her livelihood after Robert's death, actually didn't have much capital to buy, so even if she might not meet it, she could only accept the relatively acceptable conditions offered by Onassis due to reality. The marriage between Jacqueline and Onassis is essentially a marriage that seeks each other's fame and fortune: Jacqueline is interested in Onassis's wealth, and Onassis is interested in Jacqueline's title as the first lady of the United States.

Therefore, this is a marriage that does not have a love element from beginning to end. This marriage, which lacks love, soon exposed the problem. Jacqueline spent $1.2 million to buy clothing in the first year after her marriage. Even the wealthy Onassis began to complain about Jacqueline's spending money and shopping: "Although I am very rich and spend a lot of money, I can't understand why this woman had to buy 200 pairs of shoes, coat and pajamas in a carriage to transport them home. I think this is purely a luxury." Later Onassis saw the letter Jacqueline wrote to Gore.

Jacqueline claimed in the letter that she always had love for Gore in her heart, and she refused Gore's love to get rid of her past misfortune.It is conceivable how Onassis would feel when he saw this letter. On March 15, 1975, Onassis filled out a divorce letter, but he died of a heart attack before the divorce lawsuit was officially started. According to the prenuptial agreement between Onassis and Jacqueline, the daughter born to Onassis and his ex-wife inherited the estate, but Onassis's daughter still took out $35 million as compensation for Jacqueline.

This money is just a drop in the bucket in Onassis's legacy, but it is enough for Jacqueline to spend the rest of her life. After that, Jacqueline chose to work in a publishing house in the United States to engage in book editing. In his later years, Jacqueline became a partner with American Belgian jeweller Maurice Templesman, but the two of them never had a formal husband and wife status on the legal relationship. At 10:15 on the night of May 19, 1994, 64-year-old Jacqueline died of lymphatic cancer. Jacqueline was buried next to Kennedy in Arlington Cemetery.