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Education. Centenary University. Carol Shepp McCain (born 1937 or 1938) [1] [2] is an American former political aide and event planner who served as the director of the White House Visitors Office from 1981 to 1987, during the Reagan administration. She was the first wife of United States Senator John McCain .
After her husband was taken captive, Carol become very active in the POW/MIA movement. In 1969, Carol was in a horrendous car accident that almost killed her. After two years and numerous surgeries, Carol’s mobility was permanently damaged, and she was four inches shorter than she had been before the accident.
Jul 20, 2017 · Carol Shepp McCain is John McCain's first wife. He adopted two of her children and they had a daughter together. ... But in 1969, she suffered a car crash that left her with severe internal ...
- She was A Swimsuit Model Before She had A Devastating Car CrashCarol grew up in Philadelphia and had a successful career as a runway model for Jantzen swimwear while she lived in Philadelphia. Being 5’8″, she w...
- John McCain Adopted Her Two Children and They Have A Daughter TogetherJohn and Carol first met when he was in the Naval Academy. In 1958, she married on of his classmates, Alasdair Swanson, and they had two children:...
- He Met Cindy McCain While He and Carol Were Still MarriedIn his 2002 memoir, John said that and Carol were separated before he and Cindy started dating. But Los Angeles Times journalists discovered that h...
- Today, John and Carol Are Friends and She’S Supported His CampaignsThere’s no bitterness between John and Carol. In 2008, she talked to the Daily Mail because she wanted to publicly show her support for John and hi...
- She Once Said About Working For The White House visitors Office: ‘I’M Always in Tears but I Love This Job’Carol was very close to former President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan. During the divorce, Nancy arranged for Carol and Sidney to live...
Sep 10, 2008 · At Christmastime in 1969, while McCain was imprisoned in Vietnam, Carol was almost killed in a car crash. "Carol had taken the kids to her parents' house for the holidays," McCain later wrote.
Sep 4, 2008 · Both Carol and John McCain had been in terrible physical shape at their reunion in 1973. McCain’s original injuries had been compounded by years of torture and botched medical treatment in Hanoi ...
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She and McCain re-met in Pensacola and they were married in 1965. Together, they had a daughter, Sidney. During McCain’s captivity in Vietnam, McCain raised the three children and became active in the POW/MIA movement. While visiting family in Philadelphia in 1969, she was in a car accident that almost took her life.
Jun 17, 2008 · For nearly 30 years, Carol has maintained a dignified silence about the accident, McCain and their divorce. But last week at the bungalow where she now lives at Virginia Beach, a faded seaside resort 200 miles south of Washington, she told The Mail on Sunday how McCain divorced her in 1980 and married Cindy, 18 years his junior and the heir to ...
