Jill Biden and Melania Trump, who are the aspiring First Ladies of America
The first, a former Slovenian model, already used to the role, spent herself on small immigrants and on the fight against opiates among young people. The second, with multiple degrees, is a strong and energetic woman
Dr. Jill Biden, the bodyguard against protesters
An English teacher with two degrees and a doctorate, better known for her determination than her style, 69-year-old Jill Biden is considered the secret weapon of the White House dem campaign. Dr. Jill - as she is called by everyone out of respect for the first Mrs. Biden, who died in a car accident with her one-year-old daughter in 1972 - met with a certain notoriety on March 3 when she intervened, as a bodyguard, between her husband. and a protester, who took the stage of the rally in Los Angeles.
There the new narrative was born, perfect for her "family man" husband: a strong, energetic woman in love with her. And again last month, her decision to remove her husband from the journalists she was talking too close to, in contravention of the physical distancing imposed by the pandemic, brought her into the limelight. The Democratic candidate himself admitted that he highly values what his wife tells him.
Before the announcement of the candidate for the vice presidency, Jill had given two important indications: "I hope you are a woman" and "we need representatives of color at every level of the American government". A biography of Kamala Harris, later chosen as Biden's number two.
Melania Trump close to separated children at the border
A former model of Slovenian origin, 49-year-old Melania Knauss is the third wife of Donald Trump and the first first lady not born in the US since 1825. Polyglot, she has worked for the most important fashion brands and posed for the greatest photographers, appearing on covers of many magazines. She moved to New York in 1996, she married Donald Trump in 2004 and - subsequently - she co-hosted a few episodes of The View alongside Barbara Walters before pursuing entrepreneurial activities.
In 2006 she became the mother of Barron, the fifth son of the current US president. In recent years as first lady Melania has rarely intervened on topical issues. In 2018, she twice visited the children of irregular migrants separated from their parents on the border with Mexico, in a gesture that several analysts interpreted as a criticism of the crackdown on immigration decided by her husband. Melania has chosen the well-being of children and adolescents as a terrain on which to try her hand, launching the "Be Best" initiative aimed at raising awareness on the opioid crisis, a real scourge in the US, and the fight against online bullying. Recently, the first lady and her son Barron were also infected with the coronavirus, managing to overcome the disease without complications.
