Learn the story of Jill and Joe Biden, the new presidential couple in the White House
They met for the first time in 1975 on a blind date in which the president's brother intervened.
Democrat Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, January 20, and his wife, Jill Biden, the first lady.
The couple met in the mid-70s, both had had a first marriage.
She was divorced and he had been widowed in a 1972 car accident in which his wife and his one-year-old daughter were killed.
The official story goes that for months Joe's friends insisted that he go out again.
Finally, at lunch with his brother Frank, he saw an advertisement with Jill's photo. "I'd date someone like her," he told her. Coincidentally, Frank had his phone number.
They met for the first time in 1975 on a blind date in which the president's brother, who was then a senator from Delaware, intervened.
Jill related to Vogue magazine that when they met, she was still a student. At the beginning of the relationship, she thought that there were many obstacles to starting a relationship with him, especially because of the age difference.
He is nine years older than her, but the first date was a success. “We went to see A man and a woman at the movies in Philadelphia and we had a great time. When we got home, she said good night to me, I went upstairs and called my mother and told her that she had met a gentleman, ”she recounted.
The current president of the United States has said that Jill Biden has been a key piece in his life. In his 2007 memoir, he said: “She gave me back my life. She made me start to think that my family could be whole again. "
The relationship progressed little by little, after several years of dating they began to live together and it was then that Joe Biden asked her to be his wife for the first time.
"The first time Joe asked me to marry him, he just said, 'I want us to get married.' It wasn't a big deal, just a random conversation on any given day.
Joe asked the question five times, but it wasn't until they had to separate for several days while Biden was on a business trip in Africa that Jill decided to say yes.
Hunter and Beau, sons of the Democrat's first marriage, walked with her down the aisle on June 17, 1977.
She became Hunter and Beau's "mom"; They also had a daughter, Ashley, who was born in 1981.
They both faced the death of their son Beau. The eldest son of the now president of the United States was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in 2013.
She died two years later, in June 2015, just days before Donald Trump launched his campaign for the GOP nomination for the 2016 election.
Joe Biden, who was then vice president of the United States with Barack Obama, had also considered fighting for the presidency of his country at the time, but Beau's death made him rule out that option.
Who is Jill Biden?
Jill Tracy Jacobs, her maiden name, is of Italian descent on her father's side and was born in New Jersey on June 3, 1951.
She has a degree in Fashion Marketing and Education from the Universities of Pennsylvania and Delaware. Currently, she is a professor at Northern Virginia Community College.
While raising her three children, Jill Biden studied two master's degrees: one in Education from the University of Pennsylvania and one in English from Villanova University, as well as a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Delawere University.
Jill has said that she managed to teach English classes in person during her tenure as second first lady.
The officers posed as students and sat in the corridor with a computer outside of the room where she was to keep a low profile.
Her co-workers repeat that she has always kept her identity very private from her and that she even presents herself with her maiden name to avoid attracting attention.
In March 2020, she described herself as her husband's protector at an event in Los Angeles, in which she defended him from two protesters who pounced on the candidate on stage.
— Dr. Jill Biden (@DrBiden) January 20, 2021
Americans have high expectations about Jill Biden's involvement in national politics, unlike outgoing first lady Melania Trump.
