Rep. Joe Kennedy III was out on the West Coast last week and just happened to run into an old family friend.
Of course, when you’re part of a family such as the Kennedys, your old family friends happen to include basketball legend Bill Walton.
“As long as I can remember, my dad and Bill have been friends,” Kennedy said in an interview Tuesday. “He’s a great guy, a dear family friend.”
The 36-year-old congressman says he doesn’t exactly know how Walton and his father, former Rep. Joe Kennedy II, first met. But he does remember hanging out with the basketball Hall of Famer during Walton’s two years with the Celtics from 1985 to 1987.