Cindy McCain - Age Factor
Cindy
McCain was born Cindy Hensley to Marguerite and James Hensley, a large beer distributor in Arizona. Cindy was raised
Christian, earned a
Masters in education from University of Southern
California and returned to Phoenix to become a teacher.
Cindy met the much older John McCain in 1979 at a party in Hawaii (To narrow their age gap, John
McCain initially understated his by 4 years while Cind
y overstated hers by 4 years).
John
McCain, at the time estranged from his wife, divorced in 1980 and married
Cind
y a month later.
Cind
y McCain's connections helped launch John
McCain's political career in Arizona and her considerable personal fortune helped finance his
first
Congressional campaign.
Cind
y helped John as well in the
2008 Presidential Election against
Barack Obama. To start, to help take the spotlight off John McCain's ag
e,
Cind
y, a statuesque blonde with a colorful fashion sense, usually stood
close enough to him during his campaign speeches so that the audiences can watch her
while listening to him, especially until
Sarah Palin
arrived.
Driven by
her faith,
Cind
y has led over fifty missions
overseas for a children's medical missions group she founded and also serves
with cleft palette remedy and land mine removal charities.