Joe McCain

Joseph Pinckney McCain II is an American stage actor, newspaper reporter, and brother of the late U.S. Senator and two-time presidential candidate John McCain. He was a volunteer manager for his brother’s 2000 presidential campaign in his home state of Virginia. McCain married around 1998, but divorced in 2008, having no children.

About Joe McCain in brief

Summary Joe McCainJoseph Pinckney McCain II is an American stage actor, newspaper reporter, and brother of the late U.S. Senator and two-time presidential candidate John McCain. He was a member of the United States Navy and in 1965 to 1966 served as an enlisted man aboard the USS Enterprise  during the Vietnam War. McCain married around 1998, but divorced in 2008, having no children. His brother John died on August 25, 2018 at the age of 81, and his sister Sandy died on November 6, 2019 at the aged of 85.

McCain was a volunteer manager for his brother’s 2000 presidential campaign in his home state of Virginia, making over 100 campaign appearances. He expressed anger at some of the tactics that George W. Bush used in defeating his brother, and said that the Republican Party needed to be reformed. In 2005, McCain was vocal in his reaction to revelations of Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse during the Iraq War.