[Theodore R.]

Wasn't Hoover "close" to LBJ politically and "distant" from JFK and Nixon?

[Verginius Rufus]

If you believe Seymour M. Hersh, The Dark Side of Camelot, Johnson blackmailed his way on to the ticket in 1960 (JFK had intended to offer the VP slot to Stuart Symington). Evelyn Lincoln, JFK's personal secretary, was convinced that Hoover was in on it, supplying LBJ with the information he needed to box Kennedy in. Lincoln told Hersh: "Jack knew that Hoover and LBJ would just fill the air with womanizing."