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Jay Rockefeller, oil heir who fought poverty in West Virginia, dies at 89
Former Sen. Jay Rockefeller, an heir to one of America's wealthiest dynasties who represented West Virginia in the Senate for 30 years and helped create the Children's Health Insurance Program, has died at 89.
Former U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, an heir to one of America's wealthiest dynasties who devoted decades to fighting poverty and expanding health care, has died at 89, U.S. media reported Friday.
The Democrat represented the coal-mining state of West Virginia in the Senate for 30 years after serving two terms as governor. A great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, he was a rare Democrat in a family whose political dynasty was traditionally Republican.
Born in New York in 1937, Rockefeller first arrived in West Virginia in 1964 as an anti-poverty volunteer in a remote Appalachian mining community, an experience that shaped a career focused on working families, particularly coal miners, veterans and children. First elected to the Senate in 1984, he helped establish the Children's Health Insurance Program in 1997, extending coverage to millions of children from low-income families.
Rockefeller also chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee and initially supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq before becoming a fierce critic of President George W. Bush's handling of the war. He declined to seek a sixth term in 2014. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Rockefeller had left "a lasting mark on the lives of generations of West Virginians."
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