Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and Edwin Schlossberg, wrote that she was diagnosed in May 2024 at 34 when, after the birth of her second child, her doctor noticed her white blood cell count was high.

It turned out to be acute myeloid leukaemia with a rare mutation, mostly seen in older people, she wrote.

Ms Schlossberg, an environmental journalist, wrote she has undergone rounds of chemotherapy and two stem cell transplants, the first using cells from her sister and the next from an unrelated donor, and participated in clinical trials.

During the latest trial, she wrote that her doctor told her “he could keep me alive for a year, maybe”.

Ms Schlossberg noted that her cousin, Robert F Kennedy Jr, was on the national stage, first running for pr

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