Born in hammonton new jersey she grew up in willow grove pennsylvania. She is married to joe biden the 47th vice president of the united states and the presumptive democratic party presidential nominee for the 2020 election. Born june 3 1951 is an american educator she served as second lady of the united states from 2009 to 2017.
Jill tracy jacobs biden formerly stevenson née jacobs. Biden a member of the democratic party from delaware was first elected to the senate in november 1972 at age 29 and was sworn into office at age 30 on january 3 1973 he was elected to seven terms before he resigned on january 15 2009 five days before he became vice president of the united states during the presidency. Joe biden served in the united states senate from 1973 through 2009.
He helped lead a perennially losing team to an undefeated season in his senior year. 27 32 where he was a standout halfback and wide receiver on the high school football team. Biden attended the archmere academy in claymont.
Later became a successful used car salesman maintaining the family s middle class lifestyle. Jill biden attributed the family s need to be constantly touching to that. Tthe two met in 1975 three years after joe biden s first wife and young daughter were killed in a car accident.
They were on their way to buy a christmas tree when the accident occurred. A man by the name of curtis dunn was driving the tractor trailer that collided with the car driven by biden s first wife neilia biden was driving with their 13 month old infant daughter and young sons beau and hunter were in the car too. 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.
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. When joe biden recently announced that he would be running for president in the 2020 election people immediately began looking more closely at the man.
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Young joe biden first wife. It was 1972 and joe biden had just been elected to the u s. Senate in delaware when his first wife neilia hunter biden decided to take the couple s three children to get a christmas tree. 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.
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.
