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. Joe biden received a telephone call notifying him that a car accident had taken the life of his wife and his 13 month old daughter and seriously injured his two sons. On december 18 1972 30 year old sen.
I hesitated to post on this story because it is based on one of the saddest events that life could possibly hand anyone. 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.
Neilia biden s station wagon was hit by a tractor trailer truck as she pulled out from an intersection. Senate election in delaware his first wife neilia and one year old daughter naomi were killed in an automobile accident while christmas shopping in hockessin delaware. On december 18 1972 a few weeks after joe biden won the u s.
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. 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.
Biden s two sons beau and hunter were critically injured in the. The truck driver was cleared of any wrongdoing. Neilia biden s station wagon was hit by a tractor trailer as she pulled out from an intersection.
On december 18 1972 a few weeks after the election biden s wife and one year old daughter were killed in an automobile accident while christmas shopping in hockessin delaware.
