The youngest chief executive ever elected, John F. Kennedy’s image of health and vigor signaled a new generation of leadership in the 1960s; however, JFK actively concealed a myriad of medical issues which may have undermined his electoral appeal.

• John Kennedy: Hospitalization Chronology
• John F. Kennedy kept these medical struggles private | PBS NewsHour
• 1961: Travell, Janet | JFK Library

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Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod