Robert Kennedy Jra recognized opponent of vaccines and nephew of assassinated US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK)officially announced on Wednesday his pursuit to occupy the White House.

The 69-year-old politician plans to run for the Democratic nomination against Joe Biden, who has not announced his re-election bid, but has said he intends to do so. Robert Kennedy Jr. He is the son of former US Attorney General Robert Kennedy (RFK), who was assassinated as a presidential candidate.

The crimes against the Kennedys, JFK in 1963 and RFK during the 1968 presidential campaign are among the greatest events in American history of the last century.

Robert Kennedy Jr worked for decades as environmental lawyer but became known in 2005 for conspiracy theories about vaccineswhich he associated with autism.

I came today to announce my candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.”, he said at an event in Massachusetts, a stronghold of the Kennedys. He promised that in his speech end political division in the United States “Telling the truth to the people.”

Despite his distinguished surname, he is unlikely to win Biden’s candidacy, the formalization of which has not yet been scheduled. Other politicians said they intended to run against the 80-year-old president, but had yet to enter the Democratic arena.