John McCain: A life in pictures

Future Sen. John McCain as toddler, sits on sofa with sister Sandy in a reproduction of a family photo, circa 1938. (Photo: Terry Ashe/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

Future Senator John S. McCain III, center, as a young boy with his grandfather Vice Admiral John S. McCain Sr., left, and father Commander (later admiral) John S. McCain Jr. in a family photo from the 1940s. (Photo: Terry Ashe/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

Portrait of John Sidney McCain III. (Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images)

John McCain (bottom right) poses with his U.S. Navy squadron in 1965. (Photo: National Archives/Handout via Reuters)

Lt. Cmdr. John McCain is rescued from Hanoi’s Truc Bach lake by Hanoi residents after his Navy warplane was shot down on Oct. 26, 1967. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

John McCain after his capture, treated in a Hanoi hospital. (Photo: AP)

McCain as a POW in the hospital. (Photo: CBS/AP)

McCain after his release in 1973, escorted by Lt. Cmdr. Jay Coupe Jr. (Photo: Horst Faas/AP)

Former California Governor Ronald Reagan, center, actor Michael Landon, second from right, and the governor’s wife Nancy, third from left, greet former POWs during a reunion party in Los Angeles May 28 1978. At left, U.S. Navy Capt. Howard Ruttledge and his wife, Phyllis. At right is U.S. Navy Commander John McCain. (Photo: Brich/AP)

Vice President George H.W. Bush re-enacting Senate swearing in with Sen. John S. McCain and his family. (Photo: Cynthia Johnson/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate POW/MIA Committee, left, with McCain, a former POW, before a hearing of the committee in 1992. (Photo: John Duricka/AP)

Press secretary Nancy Ives, legislative director Ann Sauer and John Raidt, the Commerce Committee staff director for the majority, brief Sen. John McCain after he arrived in the early afternoon from a trip to Hawaii to celebrate his 18th wedding anniversary with his wife, Cindy, and to address the Hawaii GOP on May 18, 1998. (Photo: Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)

Sen. Edward Kennedy jokingly holds the Profile in Courage award lantern as if he intends to keep it, as co-winner, Senator John McCain looks on during ceremonies at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Mass., on May 24, 1999. In back row are their spouses, Victoria Kennedy, left, and Cindy McCain. (Photo: Elise Amendola/AP)

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain addresses a campaign rally, Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999, in downtown Tempe, Ariz. (Photo: Mike Fiala/AP)

Presidential candidate John McCain with wife Cindy in their home in Phoenix, Ariz., with their children. The oldest daughter is Meghan, their adopted daughter is Bridgette, and their two sons, Jack and Jimmy, October 14, 1999. (Photo: Karin Cooper/Hulton Archive via Getty Images)

Sen. John McCain on “The Straight Talk Express,” Jan. 7, 2000 in Columbia, S.C. (Photo: David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

Presidential candidate John McCain with his family and members of his campaign team, including his wife Cindy McCain, left and political adviser Mike Murphy, second from left, after winning the state primary, Feb. 1, 2000, in N.H. (Photo: David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

Sen. John McCain and his wife Cindy at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Super Tuesday, March 8, 2000. (Photo: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Presidential candidate John McCain manning the barbecue at the McCain family ranch, March 9, 2000, near Sedona, Arizona. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

John McCain walks inside the Hoa Lo prison, nicknamed “The Hanoi Hilton” in Hanoi, Vietman, on April 27, 2000, where McCain was kept as a prisoner of war from October 1967 until March 1973. McCain was visiting as Vietnam marked the 25th anniversary of the end of the war. (Photo: David Guttenfelder/AP)

Recovering from skin cancer surgery, Sen. John McCain talks with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson on Capitol Hill, Sept. 12, 2000, during the Senate Commerce Committee on the Firestone tire recall. (Photo: Dennis Cook/AP)

Sen. John McCain kicks back in his chair and places a phone call while working in his Capitol Hill office in Washington during the Senate debate on the McCain-Finegold campaign finance reform bill in 2001. McCain tackled the system of campaign financing with like-minded Democrats, an issue which split him from Republican leaders. (Photo: Stephan Savoia/AP)

Sen. John McCain shakes hands with Army Corps of Engineers structural engineer Fred Young far right, near the break of the 17th Street canal levee in the Lakeview area of New Orleans on Friday, March 10, 2006. (Photo: Alex Brandon/AP)

Sen. John McCain reacts as former Solicitor General Ted Olson, not shown, mentions some Democratic leaders during his introduction at the Federalist Society Convention in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006. (Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Sens. John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, speak about Iraq during a press conference on Capitol Hill Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, in Washington. (Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Sen. John McCain steps off his campaign bus after arriving at the Iowa Statehouse before speaking to Iowa legislators in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 15, 2007. (Photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP)

Senator John McCain catches a nap on a private jet as he leaves Dulles International Airport in Virginia Monday afternoon, April 23, 2007, en route to a series of fund raisers in Connecticut, while his legislative assistant, Joe Donoghue, looks over some paperwork. (Photo: Stephan Savoia/AP)

Presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain has a picture taken with a supporter before getting back onto his campaign bus after a McCain 2008 rally in Manchester, N.H., Wednesday evening, April 25, 2007. McCain offically announced his candidacy for president during a campaign rally in Portsmouth. (Photo: Stephan Savoia/AP)

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., holds up a climate change awareness poster as he speaks at a campaign rally in Portsmouth, N.H., Jan. 7, 2008. (Photo: Charles Dharapak/AP)

Republican presidential hopefuls former Gov. Mitt Romney, Sen. John McCain and former Gov. Mike Huckabee take part in a Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Photo: Alex Brandon/AP)

Cindy McCain, right, wife of Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain share a light moment with a cheetah hand puppet as they ride the “Straight Talk Express” campaign bus to a polling station on the day of South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary in Charleston, S.C., during the 2008 campaign. (Photo: Charles Dharapak/AP)

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is surrounded by staff and supporters at they monitor the Super Tuesday election returns at his home in Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 5, 2008. From left are: advisor Mark McKinnon, campaign CEO Rick Davis, sitting, McCain, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and Florida Republican Gov. Charlie Crist. (Photo: Stephan Savoia/AP)

Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., looks on as he speaks at a news conference in Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 21, 2008. (Photo: Gerald Herber/AP)

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., reads over his election night speech in his hotel suite in Dallas, March 4, 2008. (Photo: Stephan Savoia/AP)

Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his wife Cindy greet supporters at his primary election watch party in Dallas, March 4, 2008. (Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP)

President Bush and Republican nominee-in-waiting Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., walk down the West Wing Colonnade of the White House in Washington, March 5, 2008, after speaking to reporters in the Rose Garden, where the president announced his endorsement of McCain. (Photo: Charles Dharapak/AP)

Senator and Republican presidential candidate John McCain, center, is seen arriving for a visit in Sderot, southern Israel, Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Touring the war-battered town, McCain said he understands Israel’s tough response to Palestinian rocket fire, adding that there is no point in negotiating with the Gaza Strip’s Islamic Hamas regime. (Photo: Uriel Sinai, Pool/AP)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain smiles as he speaks to reporters aboard his campaign plane en route from Jackson, Miss., to Washington, March 31, 2008. (Photo:Mary Altaffer/AP)

Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledges the crowed as he goes on stage at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4, 2008. (Photo: Paul Sancya/AP)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain and his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, stand onstage as Cindy McCain, center, introduces Palin at a rally at the Virginia Beach Convention Center in Virginia Beach, Va., Oct. 13, 2008. (Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain reacts to almost heading the wrong way off the stage after shaking hands with Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama at the conclusion of their final 2008 presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Oct. 15, 2008. (Photo: Jim Bourg/Reuters)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks at a rally outside Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. (Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain speaks to the crowd during his election night rally in Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 4, 2008. Joining McCain is Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. (Photo: Mike Blake/Reuters)

Sen. John McCain listens at left as Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a Boys and Girls Club, Jan. 5, 2012, in Salem, N.H. (Photo: Matt Rourke/AP)

Sen. John McCain talks to reporters after leaving a closed-door meeting about Syria at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 4, 2013, in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Sen. John McCain winks during a campaign event for Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham in New York July 20, 2015. McCain urged Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to apologize to U.S. military families for saying prisoners of war are not heroes, in his first direct response to Trump’s remarks. (Photo: Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

Sen. John McCain questions former FBI Director James Comey before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 08, 2017, in Washington. (Photo: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Sen. John McCain arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 25, 2017, as the Senate was to vote on moving ahead on health care with the goal of erasing much of President Barack Obama’s law. (Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)

A still image from video shows Sen. John McCain, who had been recuperating in Arizona after being diagnosed with brain cancer, speaking on the floor of the U.S. Senate after returning to Washington for a vote on health care reform in Washington, July 25, 2017. (Photo: Senate TV/Handout via Reuters)

This March 18, 2018 photo provided by Meghan McCain shows Meghan McCain and her father, U.S. Sen. John McCain, in Sedona, Ariz. Meghan McCain posted the photo on social media, saying there’s “no place I would rather be.” (Photo: Meghan McCain via AP)

The plaque on Sen. John McCain’s office in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 20, 2017. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)