His mother died many years ago.
Anybody running for president knows that JFK was killed, Reagan survived a shooting, there were 2 attempts on the life of President Ford, within recent history. It’s something they all have in the back of their mind, I’m sure.
# 1 Successful assassinations attempts
* 1.1 Abraham Lincoln
* 1.2 James A. Garfield
* 1.3 William McKinley
* 1.4 John F. Kennedy
# 2 Unsuccessful assassination attempts
* 2.1 Andrew Jackson
* 2.2 Theodore Roosevelt
* 2.3 Franklin D. Roosevelt
* 2.4 Harry S. Truman
* 2.5 John F. Kennedy
* 2.6 Richard M. Nixon
o 2.6.1 First assassination attempt
o 2.6.2 Second assassination attempt
* 2.7 Gerald R. Ford
o 2.7.1 First assassination attempt
o 2.7.2 Second assassination attempt
* 2.8 Jimmy Carter
* 2.9 Ronald Reagan
* 2.10 George H.W. Bush
* 2.11 Bill Clinton
o 2.11.1 First assassination attempt
o 2.11.2 Second assassination attempt
* 2.12 George W. Bush
# 3 Presidential deaths rumored to be assassinations
* 3.1 Zachary Taylor
* 3.2 Warren G. Harding
That ain't the half of it. Check out this U.S. Presidential assassination attempts