Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said treatment for addiction and substance abuse would be a priority if he is confirmed. “I was a heroin addict for 14 years. I’ve been 42 years in recovery,” said Kennedy, noting he goes to 12-step meetings daily.

R obert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was grilled by Democratic senators during his confirmation hearing on Jan. 29, who confronted him with conspiratorial and conflicting statements he has made about COVID-19.

The key takeaways from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing before senators to be Trump's health secretary, which touched on abortion and vaccines.

Watch: RFK's cousin Caroline Kennedy urges Senate against confirming 'predator' for US Health Secretary Caroline Kennedy - the cousin of Robert F Kennedy Jr - has urged US senators to reject her cousin as America's next health and human services secretary in a scathing letter released on Tuesday.

Caroline Kennedy said in a scathing letter about her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., that she felt "an obligation to speak out."

The former U.S. ambasador — the last surviving child of Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy — urged lawmakers to reject RFK Jr.’s nomination as health secretary.

Kennedy Jr. a “predator” who is addicted to power, Caroline Kennedy urged the U.S. Senate in a Tuesday letter to reject the nomination of her cousin to be President Donald Trump's health secretary In a letter to Senators,

Senators grilled Robert F Kennedy Jr, Trump's pick for health secretary, on vaccine comments and his stance on abortion.