a radiant bride, the former jacqueline bouvier and a handsome groom. with a pretty wife and politically rising star, the future seems bright for the junior senator from massachusetts." after a honeymoon in mexico, the newlyweds returned to washinton d.c., where kennedy focused on his rising political career. in 1957, they welcomed a daughter, caroline. and three years later, their son, john junior, was born. it seemed the american public could not get enough of the handsome young family. in january, 1960, kennedy announced his candidacy for president and on november 8 he beat republican presidential nominee, richard m. nixon, in a close race. "we'll light our country and all who serve it and the glow from that fire can truly light the world." when he was sworn in as the nation's thirty-fifth president the following january, john f. kennedy was 44 years old, after his assassination, it was jackie, herself, who came up with the camelot reference that america has come to associate with his short-lived presidency. in speaking to a reporter, mrs. kennedy co