Biden's maiden name is Jacobs, but before her great-grandfather emigrated to America - arriving at Ellis Island - it was Giacoppa. [18], Jacobs enrolled in Brandywine Junior College in Pennsylvania for one semester. [158] The visit coincided with Mother's Day as celebrated in the U.S., and Biden said, "I wanted to come on Mother's Day. [16][19] They met on a blind date set up by Joe's brother Frank,[19] who had known her in college,[26] though Biden had seen her photograph in a local advertisement. [68] In August 2010, Biden appeared as herself in an episode of Lifetime's Army Wives, making it part of her campaign to raise awareness of military families. "[135] (After many further negotiations, a significantly reduced bill passed Congress and became law as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, with free tuition for community college one of those provisions that did not make the cut. Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Biden's sister is also. And that's the bottom line. [59][58][60] In January 2009, she began teaching two English courses as an adjunct professor at the Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), the second largest community college in the nation. [22], She continued to teach while working on a master's degree at West Chester State College, taking one course per semester. She married Bill Stevenson in 1970, but the couple separated in 1974 and divorced the following year. Jill Biden earned a doctorate in education from the University of Delaware in 2007. Jill Jacobs was born in New Jersey but mostly grew up in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, where her father was vice president of a savings and loan institution. [2] She is the oldest of five sisters. And I said to Joe, 'You've got to change this, you have to change this. B. [2][44][46][47] Her dissertation, Student Retention at the Community College: Meeting Students' Needs, was published under the name Jill Jacobs-Biden. Jill Biden's advocacy for curing cancer didn't start with her . "[91] Her husband was seen as a popular ex-vice president, and she received a standing ovation when she was a presenter at the 71st Tony Awards. [3] She graduated in 1969. 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[148] The pair penned an op-ed that was published by CNN about early childhood care. '"[40] During Joe Biden's unsuccessful campaign to be the 2008 Democratic presidential nominee, she continued to teach during the week and would join him for campaigning on weekends. [22], In the weeks leading up to the Iowa caucuses, she sometimes staged more campaign appearances in that state than her husband did. Her mother, Bonny Jean Jacobs, and father, Donald Jacobs, died of cancer, in 2008 and. ", "Women rally around Jill Biden after controversial op-ed calls for future first lady to drop 'Dr. [100] In it she says that while she is "grateful" to have been Second Lady, "The role I have always felt most at home in is being 'Dr. While she took last fall off to join her husband in his presidential campaign, Dr. Biden was back in the classroom in the spring. [8] [15], Jill Jacobs always intended to have a career. [54] She said she would have taken an activist role in addressing education as her chief focus of concern as a potential first lady. What subject is Jill Bidens doctorate in? [134] This proposal, initially estimated at over $100 billion, became part of the large proposed Build Back Better Act (BBB). [19] She intended to study fashion merchandising but found it unsatisfying. [22][51], She was present at her husband's side in the Rose Garden on October 21, 2015, when he announced he would not run for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in the 2016 election. [16][d] Although he was nearly nine years her senior, she was impressed by his more formal appearance and manners compared to the college men she had known, and after their first date, she told her mother, "Mom, I finally met a gentleman. She devoted the next two years to raising her children before returning to her teaching career. Updates? And the setup continues,. [165] The National Association of Hispanic Journalists issued a statement saying, among other things, "We are not tacos. The same way you make a nation whole. Rev. [2][8] Biden received her second graduate degree, a Master of Arts in English from Villanova University, in 1987. She is the daughter of Hunter Biden and Kathleen Buhle, who divorced in 2017. 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U.S. White House Joe Biden Jill Biden. [88] In March 2016, she headed the official party that welcomed American astronaut Scott Kelly back to Earth from his almost full year in space. Biden and her husband also have a daughter together, Ashley Biden, born in 1981. Biden was among staffers who went into Delaware's high schools to conduct lectures and demonstrations. [109] After experiencing a number of victories around the nation, she gained some media attention at the March3 Super Tuesday primaries during her husband's speech when she physically blocked a protester from getting at him. Biden had his three eldest children (Hunter, Beau, and Naomi) with his late wife, Neilia Hunter. [146] She has played a role in the hiring of people within the administration's press personnel and has criticized them when she felt they were not sufficiently protecting her husband's image. [103], Days later, Biden addressed the matter of women who had accused her husband of physical contact that had made them feel uncomfortable by saying, "I think what you don't realize is how many people approach Joe. In 1991 she earned a second masters degree, this one in English, from Villanova University in Pennsylvania. [139] Biden, who was fully vaccinated with two booster shots, contracted COVID-19 herself in August 2022 and went into isolation protocols;[140] she subsequently encountered Rebound Covid as well. She is the founder of the Biden Breast Health Initiative non-profit organization, co-founder of the Book Buddies program, co-founder of the Biden Foundation, is active in Delaware Boots on the Ground, and with Michelle Obama is co-founder of Joining Forces. 2 Finnegan Biden MANDEL NGANGetty Images Born: 2000 (age: 22) Parents: Hunter Biden and Kathleen Buhle Naomi's younger sister, and the second of Hunter Biden's daughters, Finnegan is. . [38] She drew parallels between family suffering and the plight of the country, saying, "How do you make a broken family whole? But going forward, I think he's gonna have to judge be a better judge of when people approach him, how he's going to react. [20] It became one of the most successful college bars in the nation. [129] However, one did occur at the July 2022 conference of Latino advocacy organization UnidosUS, when Biden claimed Latinos were as "unique" as tacos. In a large pot over medium, heat 2 Tbsp oil. [143] The poll also showed that Biden is still more popular among Republicans than both the president and vice president. [151][152] In the same month, the couple visited Rome, Italy to attend G20 Leaders' Summit. '"[76] USA Today called it an "often-poignant memoir that charts her journey from a rebellious teen to young divorcee to the second lady of the United States. Besides Biden himself, the person most involved in the president-elect's political career is his wife, Jill Biden, an educator and "military mom". Nov. 28 (UPI) -- First lady Jill Biden on Monday unveiled holiday decorations at the White House based around the theme "We the People." Places Where $150K Is . [75] In June 2012, she published a children's book, Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops, based around her stepson Beau's deployment. Dr. Jill Biden, 69, the former Second Lady of the U.S., met Joe in 1975 on a blind date arranged by Joe's brother Frank. [5] Her mother, Bonny Jean (Godfrey) Jacobs,[11] was a homemaker[4] of English and Scottish descent. ", "Jill Biden, mai una First Lady italoamericana. In 2020 Joe announced his third presidential bid, and, for the first time, Jill took a leave of absence in order to assume a prominent role in the campaign. [153] Biden met Maria Cappello, wife of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi at Chigi Palace and Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron at Il Marchese restaurant. [133][1], During her husband's first year in office, Biden was put in charge of the public push for legislation that, as part of the American Families Plan, would provide free tuition to students attending community colleges. [167] The dress she wore sold out quickly. [75] Her students were often unaware of exactly who she was, referring to her simply as "Dr. With the visit, Biden became the first-ever sitting president to deliver a sermon at the historic place of worship. Jill Tracy Biden (ne Jacobs)[1] (born June 3, 1951) is an American educator and the current first lady of the United States since 2021, as the wife of President Joe Biden. A few years ago, one of her four sisters needed an auto-stem cell transplant to treat her cancer. [f], Despite personally opposing the Iraq War, Biden had not wanted her husband to run in the 2004 presidential election, to the point where she interrupted one strategy meeting discussing the possibility by entering in a swimsuit with the word "NO" inscribed on her stomach. They lined up and gave me a hug, one by one. "[3], With her husband having become the presumptive Democratic nominee, in June 2020, she published the children's book Joey: The Story of Joe Biden, which portrayed him as having been "brave and adventurous" as a child despite having a stutter he was bullied for. [47][61] It has been rare for second ladies to work while their spouses serve as vice president,[56][58] and Biden is believed to have been the first second lady to hold a paying job while her husband was vice president. [3] His family name had originally been Giacoppo,[b] before his father, who immmigrated from the Sicilian village of Gesso[it] in Italy, changed it upon entering the United States. 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There is a new top dog at the White House after President Joe Biden and the first lady Jill Biden added to their . [94], Jill Biden continued to teach full-time at NOVA after her husband left office,[91] with a salary of close to $100,000. You have to have purpose while you're doing it, and it has to be organized. On the campaign trail, he adamantly referred to her as a best friend through various discussions where her contributions came up. [154][155][156] She also visited the families of American troops in Naples. "[172], In August 2021, she became the cover of Vogue magazine. [2][16][30] This was four and a half years after his first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden, and infant daughter, Naomi Christina Biden, died in a motor vehicle accident;[2] Joe had proposed several times before she accepted, as she was wary of entering the public spotlight, anxious to remain focused on her own career, and initially hesitant to take on the commitment of raising his two young sons who had survived the accident. [129] Of managing her professional life, her family roles, and her first lady activities all together, Biden has said, "You can't do anything in a haphazard way. Joe Biden, then a U.S. senator, was on an Amtrak train barreling toward Washington when his wife got through to him. Natalie Biden. [21], She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts[27] in English[19] from the University of Delaware in 1975. But to one group of Northern Virginia Community College [students], I am first, foremost and forever their writing professor: Dr. B," she told the crowd during a community college tour in Dixon, Illinois, in April. [102], The Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign was officially announced on April 25, 2019. The rise to the White House of Dr Jill Jacobs Biden, the first Italian-American first lady in US history, has awakened from its slumber a normally quiet and offbeat corner of Sicily rarely picked by tourists, roamed by sheep and dotted with crumbly farms. Hunter shares kids Naomi, Finnegan, and Maisy with ex-wife Kathleen Buhle, a son with current wife Melissa, and a fifth child with ex Lunden Alexis Roberts with whom he's not in contact. "My sister was having the first of her cancer treatments, and she would be in a hospital room for six weeks. [21][22] Within a couple of years he opened the Stone Balloon in Newark, Delaware, near the University of Delaware. They were on the phone when she cried out, "Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my . DNCC via Getty Images Joe Biden's son Hunter and his ex-wife had three children together: Naomi, Finnegan, and Maisy. Jill and Joe Biden met on a blind date arranged by his brother. [40][41] She has said of teaching at a community college, "I feel like I can make a greater difference in their lives. [85] By her own account, Biden was disappointed by his decision, believing her husband was highly qualified for the position, and "would have been the best president". 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