Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1956, ka neke a Kennedy me tana whanau e tipu haere ana i waho o Washington ki tetahi whare e kiia ana ko Hickory Hill, i hokona e ia mai i tona tuakana a John. Ko tenei whare nui, 13 nga ruma moenga, 13 nga kaukau i McLean, Virginia. I haere a Kennedy ki te mahi hei kaiawhina ki a Adlai Stevenson i te wa o te pooti perehitini i te tau 1956, i awhina i a ia ki te ako me pehea te mahi a nga kaupapa a motu, hei whakarite mo te wa kei te heke mai e tana tuakana, a Jack. Kaore i tino miharo ki a Stevenson, i kii ia i pooti ia mo te rangatira o Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ko Kennedy hoki he karere i te
1956 Democratic National Convention, i muri i te whakakapinga o Tip O'Neil i runga i te tono a tona tuakana a Hoani, i uru atu ki te mea i te mutunga kaore i angitu ki te awhina i a JFK ki te whakaingoa ki te perehitini tuarua. I muri tata mai i tenei, i te whai i nga tohutohu a tona papa, ka ngana a Kennedy ki te whakatika ki a J. Edgar Hoover. Te ahua nei he pai ake i roto i a raatau taunekeneke, i kitea ko te "tika kaupapa tōrangapū taketake" na Kennedy. I hurihia tenei i muri mai i te wa i whakatuhia ai a Kennedy hei kaitohutohu ture, i kite a Hoover i a ia hei "whakawehi kaore ano kia kitea".