JFK seduced White House intern, teenager Mimi Alford, in First Lady's bedroom

On one visit, Kennedy was embroiled in one of the most defining moments of his presidency, the Cuban Missile Crisis. For 13 days in October 1962, the United States and the Soviets were at a nuclear standoff.

Although historians have dissected Kennedy’s actions, none was privy to what he confided to Mimi.

I’d rather my children red than dead,” he told her.

Teen mistress addresses relationship, pol's Cold War fears in memoir