“It is unprecedented in recent times especially for someone who does not currently hold office”
But weren’t Nixon and Reagan vying for political office? This is the MSM hinting that her baby was actually her daughter’s baby. It’s a stalker moving in next door and then publishing a hit piece in Vanity Faire.
Not exactly, what is your question?
They were relentlessly pursued after entering the Oval Office. Nixon got so frustrated after losing the California gubernatorial election after losing to Kennedy and famously quit politics forever saying to the press "You won't have Dick Nixon to kick around any more".
Those were also the days of the (Un)Fairness Doctrine, so alternative viewpoints were effectively banished to 4am - 5am, Sunday mornings.
I'm not particularly a fan of Nixon, but you have to admire him for sticking with it and never ultimately giving up. Can you imagine how a Barack Obama would hold up under such circumstances? Hah.