John McCain’s life in pictures: A Vietnam POW, presidential candidate, senator, family man and true American patriot through the decades
- John Sidney McCain III, died aged at his home in Hidden Valley, in Sedona, Arizona, at 4.28pm on Saturday
- Photos dating back to the 1970s depict the late Republican senator’s life in the military and in politics
- While serving as a pilot in the Vietnam War, he was shot down in 1967 and held as a prisoner for over five years
- In 1982, McCain won an Arizona seat in the House of Representatives and in 1986, the Senate
- He served under six presidents across 36 years in the Senate until his death on August 25
American war hero, presidential nominee and longtime leading politician John McCain died aged 81 on Saturday afternoon at his home in Arizona.
McCain was the son and grandson of admirals and followed them into the US Naval Academy.
While serving as a pilot, he was shot down over Vietnam in 1967 and held as a prisoner of war for more than five years, suffering horrific torture at the hands of the North Vietnamese.
In 1982 he ran for the House of Representatives on Arizona’s Republican ticket and won.
Four years later in 1986, he won a seat in the Senate, where he served for the rest of his life as a leader of the Republican Party.
Circa 1936: Senator John S McCain III poses for a family portrait on his Navy admiral grandfather John Sidney McCain Sr’s lap as a baby, alongside (L-R) sister Alexandra, father John S McCain Jr and mother Roberta
Circa 1938: Future Senator John McCain sits on the sofa with his sister Sandy in a family photo
1944: McCain as a young boy (third from left) poses for a family portrait with (L to R) his mother Roberta, brother Joe, grandfather Admiral John S McCain, sister Sandy and father John S McCain, Jr
Circa 1951: McCain is pictured left around the age of 15 in a family portrait with Roberta, Joe and John S McCain, Jr
July 14, 1961: US Navy Lt John S McCain III, left, and his parents, Rear Adm John S McCain Jr, right, and Roberta Wright McCain stand in front of a plaque with an image of his grandfather, Adm John S McCain, as the Naval Air Station Meridian McCain Field is commissioned and named in honor of Adm McCain in Meridian, Mississippi
January 13, 1964: McCain is pictured during his time as a US Navy Lieutenant during the Vietnam War
1965: McCain III (bottom right) stands with his Navy squadron during flight training during the Vietnam War
October 26, 1967: US Navy Airforce Major John McCain (center) is rescued from Hanoi’s Truc Bach lake by several Hanoi residents after his Navy warplane was downed by Northern Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War. McCain said that upon capture he was beaten by an angry mob and bayoneted in the groin
Between 1968 and 1973: McCain lies injured in North Vietnam during his time as a prisoner of war in this undated photograph
1967: McCain is examined by a Vietnamese doctor after his Navy warplane was downed by the Northern Vietnamese army
March 14, 1973: McCain, center, is escorted to Hanoi’s Gia Lam Airport, after being released from five years of captivity
March 14, 1973: McCain smiles from a bus window on arrival at Clark Air Base in the Philippines, after his release from Hanoi
March 18, 1973: Lieut Commander McCain waves to well wishers after arriving at the Jacksonville, Florida, Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida, where he was greeted by ex-wife Carol and his 13-year-old son Doug
May 25, 1973: US Navy Lt Cmdr McCain is greeted by President Richard Nixon after his release from a prisoner of war camp
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January 1987: Vice President George H W Bush re-enacts the swearing in of Sen John McCain with wife Cindy and their kids
July 31, 1986: McCain meets with President Ronald Reagan in the White House’s Oval Office the year he was elected to Senate
March 3, 1987: President Ronald Reagan shakes hands with Senator John McCain during a dinner for newly elected members of the 100th Congress in Washington DC
November 7, 1991: The Republican Senator from Arizona is hugged by former North Vietnam Col Bui Tin on Capitol Hill in Washington after a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on POW and MIA affairs. Tin oversaw a military prison operation dubbed the ‘Hanoi Hilton’, where McCain was held prisoner during the Vietnam War
June 24, 1992: Senator McCain holds up an article from the Washington Times during a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington
December 1, 1992: Democratic Senator John Kerry, left, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, listens to Senator McCain, during a committee hearing
July 11, 1995: President Bill Clinton talks to Senator McCain after announcing that the US would be establishing normal relations with communist Vietnam during ceremonies at the White House in Washington, DC
November 11, 1999: The presidential hopeful meets with supporters at the Veteran’s Day Parade in Nashua, New Hampshire
Circa 1980s: McCain clutches daughter Meghan’s arm in a family portrait when the senator’s children were young
December 2, 1999: Republican presidential hopefuls Senator McCain and Texas Governor George W Bush chat after the televised ‘The Republicans: A New Hampshire Forum’ primary debate in Manchester, New Hampshire
January 8, 2000: During his first run for president in 2000, McCain smiles alongside wife Cindy in Camden, South Carolina
January 20, 2000: McCain stands at the Russell Senate Office Building with the US Capitol in the background. Top Democrat Chuck Schumer, of New York, has called for the building to be renamed after McCain following the 81-year-old’s passing
January 30, 2000: Confetti falls on Republican presidential hopeful McCain and his wife, Cindy, at the end of their 114th New Hampshire town hall meeting with voters at the Peterborough Town House in Peterborough, New Hampshire
March 9, 2000: McCain and his wife Cindy smile at their family ranch in Sedona, Arizona, where the senator died Saturday
April 6, 2000: McCain greets President Clinton at the annual Radio/TV Correspondents Dinner in Washington, DC
April 26, 2000: The former POW greets a Vietnamese man on the banks of Lake Truc Bach in Hanoi, Vietnam, where McCain was pulled ashore after his plane was shot down in October 1967
November 4, 2001: McCain waves to the crowd prior to Game 7 of the World Series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Yankees at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix
January 9, 2004: The Arizona Senator smiles alongside daughter Meghan and wife Cindy in New York City
August 22, 2004: Former Senator Hillary Clinton shares a laugh with McCain before meeting with Swedish officials
January 19, 2008: Cindy McCain uses a cheetah hand to make her presidential hopeful husband laugh as they ride to a polling station in Charleston, South Carolina, on the day of the state’s Republican presidential primary
May 3, 2008: President George W. Bush (right) smiles as he listens to Senator John McCain in the Oval Office
August 30, 2008: McCain introduces his daughter Meghan at a campaign stop in Washington, Pennsylvania
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September 3, 2008: McCain, center, joins vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, left, and her family following her speech at the Republican National Convention in St Paul just two months ahead of the election
September 4, 2008: McCain greets the crowd as he takes the stage at the Republican National Convention in Minnesota
September 5, 2008: McCain grins during a campaign event at the Freedom Hill Ampitheatre in Sterling Heights, Michigan
September 25, 2008: McCain shakes hands with former president Bill Clinton after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative
October 6, 2008: Republican nominee McCain embraces his wife Cindy following his second presidential debate with Democrat Barack Obama at Belmont University’s Curb Event Center in Nashville, Tennessee
October 7, 2008: Democratic presidential candidate Sen Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, greets his opponent McCain at the start of a townhall-style presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee
November 3, 2008: McCain speaks at a rally in Tampa, Florida, on the day before the general presidential election
November 17, 2008: President-elect Barack Obama meets with former Republican hopeful McCain 13 days after the election
January 19, 2009: President-elect Obama introduces his former rival at a bipartisan dinner in the National Building Museum
February 29, 2012: McCain laughs during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in New York City
June 27, 2013: McCain speaks to members of the press outside the Senate Chamber alongside (L-R) Senate Majority Whip Sen Richard Durbin, Sen Michael Bennet, Sen Charles Schumer, Sen Lindsey Graham and Sen Robert Menendez
June 15, 2017: The former Senate Intelligence Committee member heads into a closed-door committee meeting with Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC
October 16, 2017: McCain receives the Liberty Medal from former Vice President Joe Biden at National Constitution Center
November 21, 2017: Father-of-the-bride McCain whispers something into daughter Meghan’s ear the night of her wedding
December 6, 2017: McCain was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in July 2017 – but returned to the Senate just two weeks later
March 18, 2018: Meghan McCain posted the photo above with her father on the family’s ranch earlier this year
June 17, 2018: Meghan wishes her dad a Happy Father’s Day when posting the photo above to Instagram two months ago
August 25, 2018: A military veteran pays his respects to American war hero John McCain at the entrance to the McCain ranch complex in Cornville, Arizona, on Saturday
August 26, 2018: Flags fly at half-staff in honor of the late Senator John McCain at the Washington Monument
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