s. The two held each other in such contempt that they arm-wrestled twice with Hoffa winning both matches and then challenging Kennedy to a push-up contest.
Despite their animosity toward one another and Kennedy’s considerable political and legal clout, Hoffa was typically able to evade any serious threats to prosecution until the 1960s. Typically, he and Kennedy would become involved in personal attacks against one another with Hoffa being on record as referring to Kennedy as “A spoiled rich kid from Harvard,” “the son of a rumrunner,” “a punk,” and “the little monster”. The “son of a rumrunner” reference refers to Kennedy’s father Joe Kennedy, who allegedly ran booze during prohibitions and was also considered to have ties to organized crime. In fact, one of the conspiracies behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy involves retaliation from mobsters against both he and his brother for their participation in years of ef
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