Nancy Pelosi set to endorse JFK’s grandson for New York House seat, source says

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, is considering supporting Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of the late President John F. Kennedy, in his race for the competitive House seat representing New York’s 12th District, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Schlossberg, 33, an online political commentator and also a cousin of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — whom he has criticized — announced his candidacy in November. He is running for the seat currently held by Rep. Jerry Nadler, a Democrat, who is retiring.

The New York Times was first to report Pelosi’s intention to support Schlossberg.

NBC News has reached out to Schlossberg’s campaign for comment.

Schlossberg will vie for the seat in a crowded Democratic primary in June. Other candidates include state Assemblymembers Micah Lasher and Alex Bores. George Conway, a conservative lawyer and Trump critic, is also running for the Democratic seat.

Schlossberg said in a video announcing his candidacy in November that he is “running for Congress to represent my home, New York’s 12th Congressional District, where I was born and raised, where I took the bus to school every day from one end of the district to the other.”

He has gained a notable following on social media, with fans drawn to his frank, freewheeling, and sometimes crude style of political commentary.

New York’s 12th Congressional District constitutes the geographic heart of Manhattan, including all of Central Park.

“We have the best hospitals, schools, restaurants and museums,” Schlossberg said in his statement announcing his candidacy. “This is the financial and media capital of the world. This district should have a representative who can harness the creativity, energy and dynamism of this district and translate that into political power in Washington.”