Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kenney (born January 11, 1965), also known as Max Kennedy, was born in New York, New York. He is the ninth child of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy. He graduated with honors from Harvard University and majored in American history. He married Victoria Anne Stauss (b. February 10, 1964) on July 13, 1991 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Both he and his wife graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1992.