“Nicole and I both left the Democratic Party,” Kennedy,the nephew of former president John F Kennedy and son of ex-attorney-general Robert Kennedy,said. “Our values didn’t change. The Democratic Party did.”
“I’m so proud to introduce to you the next vice president of the United States,my fellow lawyer,a brilliant scientist,technologist,a fierce warrior mom,Nicole Shanahan,” Kennedy said.
Shanahan was introduced via a video that touched on her tough upbringing in Oakland,her father’s substance abuse,her success at Stanford University and the moment when she discovered her young child suffered from autism.
Brin broke off a long friendship with Tesla founder Elon Musk over Musk’sromantic relationship with Shanahan, The Wall Street Journal reported in 2022. Musk and Shanahan both denied such a relationship.
Shanahan said she was drawn to Kennedy in part because of their shared commitment to health.
“There is no other candidate for president who takes the chronic disease epidemic as seriously as Robert F. Kennedy jnr and I will be his ally in making our nation healthy again,” she said.