If confirmed by the Senate, Kennedy would head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees many of the country’s health agencies, from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday warned that her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a “predator” ahead of his high-profile confirmation hearings this week to be President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services secretary,

A conservative group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence released an ad showing President Donald Trump calling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “a radical left plant,” as the group urges Republicans to vote against Kennedy as nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary.