Joseph Pinckney McCain II was born on April 26,1942 and is an American stage actor, newspaper reporter, and the brother of the late US Senator and two-time presidential candidate John McCain.
10 Facts About Joe McCain
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Joseph Pinckney McCain II was born to John S McCain Jr.
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Joe McCain entered the United States Naval Academy, but left in 1961 during his first year.
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In 1970, Joe McCain sat in a bamboo cage in Los Angeles, eating simulated POW food to dramatize the plight of POWs.
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Joe McCain then helped bring 13 tons of mail to the North Vietnamese delegation at the Paris Peace Talks, demanding humane treatment for the POWs.
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Joe McCain worked at the San Diego Union and San Diego Evening Tribune, but got in trouble at one for perpetrating a prank.
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Joe McCain married around 1998, but divorced in 2008, having no children.
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Joe McCain was a volunteer manager for his brother's 2000 presidential campaign in his home state of Virginia, making over 100 campaign appearances.
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Joe McCain expressed anger at some of the tactics that George W Bush used in defeating his brother, and said that the Republican Party needed to be reformed.
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In 2001, Republican Party activists in Northern Virginia tried to recruit Joe McCain to run for the US House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th congressional district against the incumbent Democrat Jim Moran.