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She is the widow of U.S. Senator John McCain from Arizona, who was the 2008 Republican presidential nominee. McCain was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, and is a daughter of wealthy beer distributor Jim Hensley.
May 16, 2024 · Cindy McCain (born May 20, 1954, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.) is an American businesswoman and humanitarian and the wife of U.S. senator and two-time Republican presidential candidate John McCain. In 2021 she became U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture.
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Aug 26, 2018 · McCain is survived by wife Cindy, and his children: Douglas, Andrew, and Sidney (all with first wife Carol McCain) and Meghan, Jack, James, and Bridget, with Cindy.
Apr 26, 2021 · There was the life that a young Cindy Hensley imagined for herself with John McCain in those swooning first months after they met in Hawaii in 1979 — and then there is the life they went on...
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Arizona businesswoman and philanthropist Cindy McCain was active in her husband, John McCain's 2000 bid for the Republican presidential nomination. After he lost, she was chosen as the Chairwoman of the Arizona delegation to the Republican National Convention. She founded the American Voluntary Medical Team (AVMT) in 1988. She serves on the Board o...
Cindy Lou Hensley McCain was born May 20, 1954, in Phoenix, Arizona. As an only child, McCain was raised in Arizona. She earned a B.A. in education and a M.A. in special education from the University of Southern California. She taught at Agua Fria High School in Avondale, Arizona.
She met John McCainin 1979 while she was on vacation with her parents in Hawaii. He was still married, but separated, from his first wife. John and Cindy McCain were married May 17, 1980 in Phoenix. John McCain was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982 and to the U.S. Senate in 1986. Cindy McCain was active in her husband's 2000 bid ...
Cindy McCain founded the American Voluntary Medical Team (AVMT) in 1988, leading several medical missions to developing and war-torn nations during the Team's seven-year existence. She made news in 1994 when she admitted to a painkiller addiction and said she had stolen drugs from AVMT. She was not charged with a crime, but agreed to repay the AVMT...
She actively campaigned for her husband during his successful bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. He picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. They eventually lost to Democrat Barack Obama and his running-mate, Joe Biden. The McCains have four children: Meghan (b. 1984), John IV (known as Jack, b. 1986), James (known ...
Apr 27, 2021 · In her memoir, the late senator's wife details a decision on emergency surgery in John McCain's final days, reviews their 38 years of marriage — and offers her thoughts on Donald Trump.
Apr 27, 2021 · When John falls for Cindy while still married to his first wife, she bears little responsibility. McCain’s retirement from the Navy and his interest in politics were completely separate events ...
