RFK Jr.’s Wife Cheryl Hines Shares She Feared For Her Husband’s Life During His Presidential Run

I don’t blame her.

Actress Cheryl Hines, wife of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sat down with CBS to discuss her concerns about her husband’s safety.

Hines in the interview shared after RFK Jr. announced his presidential run, she worried daily about about possible assassination attempts against her husband.

She also found it frustrating that the Biden admin refused to offer RFK Jr. Secret Service protection during the early months of his campaign.

CBS News reported more details on Hine’s concerns for RFK Jr.:

Actor Cheryl Hines expressed deep concerns about her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s safety after he launched his 2024 presidential campaign back in April 2023, revealing she worried daily about potential assassination attempts.

“I knew our lives would never be the same,” Hines told CBS News’ Natalie Morales during a “CBS Mornings” interview set to air Tuesday.

Hines said she “found it stressful” that Kennedy did not receive United States Secret Service protection while he was on the campaign trail. When asked about her concerns for his safety, she described constant anxiety about the possibility of violence.

“I think every day somebody would say to me, ‘Are you worried about him getting shot like his father and like his uncle?’ And I was. I was very, I was very worried about it,” Hines said.

Kennedy’s father, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1968 during his presidential campaign. His death came just years after his uncle President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade.

Hines said her concerns for her husband, who now serves as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, persist and suggested he may even shield her from the full extent of threats he receives.

“I don’t think Bobby tells me all of the threats that he gets, if I’m being honest,” she said.

Kennedy initially launched his 2024 presidential campaign as a Democrat before running as an independent. He later suspended his campaign and endorsed President Trump.

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RFK Jr.’s wife, Cheryl Hines, says she was scared for his life during his presidential campaign — and she still is now that he’s serving as HHS Secretary.

“I found it stressful that Bobby didn’t get Secret Service protection.”

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CBS News reported in September of last year a man posing as a U.S. Marshal who was armed with a gun was in attendance at one of Kennedy’s campaign events:

An armed man accused of impersonating a U.S. Marshal, who was taken into custody at a Robert Kennedy Jr. campaign event in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon, will be charged with a misdemeanor, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office declined to file felony charges, but the city’s attorney decided to charge 44-year-old Adrian Paul Aispuro with three misdemeanors.

He was charged with carrying a loaded firearm, carrying a concealed weapon and for impersonating an officer, the LAPD said Tuesday.

A spokesperson from the LAPD said in a statement to ABC News that a radio call was generated around 4:30 p.m. local time reporting a man with “a loaded gun in a shoulder holster and a badge stating he was a U.S. Marshal.” LAPD officers arrived shortly after and arrested the man. The FBI was also present at the scene.