Joe biden s ongoing recovery from the trauma of the deaths of his first wife and youngest child have dramatically shaped his career from the ways in which he speaks to crowds about grief and. The time in 2007 when i interviewed an emotional joe biden who fought back tears as he discussed the death of his first wife neilia and his one year old daughter naomi. Senate in delaware when his first wife neilia hunter biden decided to take the couple s three children to get a christmas tree.
It was 1972 and joe biden had just been elected to the u s. Neilia was the daughter of diner owners in upstate new york according to the new yorker and was born on july 28th 1942 in skaneateles. Joe biden met his first wife neilia in college.
Joe biden s ability to empathize with grieving families has been described as a superpower biden himself lost not only his son beau but his first wife and daughter. She was killed along with their baby daughter. The facts are that joe biden s wife accidentally drove into the path of the tractor trailer.
Senator s first wife neilia biden and 13 month old daughter naomi. Dunn was the tractor trailer driver involved in the december 1972 accident that took the life of the newly elected u s.
