[Izzy Dunne]

Ironically, the handsome Kennedy was Bill Clinton's boyhood hero.

Somebody please explain to me the "irony" here.
Seems to me that this was one of the REASONS that WJC admired JFK, not some ancillary fact.

[shhrubbery!]

"Ironically, the handsome Kennedy was Bill Clinton's boyhood hero."

Somebody please explain to me the "irony" here.

You're right, it isn't ironic.

From dictionary.com:

Usage Note: The words ironic, irony, and ironically are sometimes used of events and circumstances that might better be described as simply “coincidental...”

It's ironic that some who are paid wordsmiths don't understand the meaning of 'ironic.'