jackie kennedy reflected mimi beardsley was who?> she was a 19, 20-year-old intern who kennedy began having an affair with in the summer of 1962. he had a sustained affair with her to the end of his life. he saw him the week before went off to texas. she claims in her book that he said, i wish i could take you with me to dallas. of course he couldn't because jackie kennedy was going on the trip with him. he had this relationship with were vitallythey tied to one another. in a way, it was a really curious business. there was something bizarre almost about this. after all, he was a 45-year-old man. president of the united states. he had relationships with women galore. thisid he have to seduce 19, 20-year-old kid? she doesn't complain in the book about this. her book. she wrote me a note saying she thanked me for having brought this information forward in my first book in 2003. she had carried this as a secret. her book is called "once upon a sacred." et." secr she said also that was how she met her second husband. because of the stor