How many times has Senator John McCain been married, and what happened to his first marriage?
Born August 29, 1936 (1936-08-29) (age 71) Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone Nationality American Political party Republican Spouse Carol Shepp (m. 1965, div. 1980) Cindy Hensley McCain (m. 1980) Children Douglas (b. 1959), Andrew (b. 1962), Sidney (b. 1966), Meghan (b. 1984), John Sidney IV “Jack” (b. 1986), James (b. 1988), Bridget (b. 1991) Naval training, first marriage, and Vietnam assignment McCain’s pre-combat duty began when he was commissioned an ensign, and started two and a half years of training as a naval aviator at Pensacola.[14] There he also earned a reputation as a partying man.[7] Graduating from flight school in 1960,[15] he became a naval pilot of ground-attack aircraft. McCain was then stationed in A-1 Skyraider squadrons,[16] on the aircraft carriers USS Intrepid and USS Enterprise,[17] in the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas.[18] The planes he was flying crashed twice and once collided with power lines, but he received no major injuries.[18] In July
