RFK Jr strides into new controversy: hiking in sweltering Arizona … in jeans

US health secretary posed for photos in sweat-drenched T-shirt while hiking up Arizona mountain on 107F dayRobert F Kennedy Jr has promoted contrarian ideas around issues such as vaccines but another, more sartorial, choice has also raised eyebrows – an insistence on wearing jeans while exercising.On Saturday, the US health secretary took a strenuous hike up Camelback Mountain, situated near Phoenix, Arizona. Despite the temperature rising above 90F (32C) on the morning of his hike – Phoenix hit 107F (41C) later that day – Kennedy conducted the hike in dark blue jeans, posing for pictures along the way in a sweat-drenched green T-shirt. Continue reading...

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