That headline made it sound like he had wife #1 whacked. Maybe he did it on a lark, as they said. It clearly wasn’t serious, because it wasn’t a church wedding. The parents would’ve objected to a 30-year old (same age as JFK in ‘47) divorcee, and he couldn’t have gone through with it legitimately without it damaging his fledgling career as a freshman Congressman.
The lady herself didn’t seem to take it seriously, either. If she had, she’d have made a stink later on about losing out on becoming First Lady.
From the standpoint of the Catholic church, they’d only recognize the marriage to Jackie.
It said she wouldn’t put out till he married her.
Her remark about Joe Kennedy was telling, she was mad at him for erasing the marriage.