Who is Ashley Biden? Details on Joe Biden's daughter
All eyes are on Joe Biden as he prepares for Inauguration Day with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
The longtime senator from Delaware and former vice president to President Obama has always made his family one of the centerpieces of his political identity.
His wife and children were often visible in his previous campaigns, but his five grandchildren steal the show this time around.
His youngest daughter, Ashley Biden, recently spoke about security issues ahead of her father's inauguration day.
Who is Ashley Biden, Joe Biden's daughter?
Read on to find out what you need to know about Joe Biden's youngest daughter, Ashley Biden.
Ashley Biden is Biden's youngest daughter.
Most political observers know the story of Joe Biden's first wife and granddaughter dying in a car accident shortly after his first election to the Senate in 1972.
His two sons, Hunter and Beau, survived the crash and he raised them as a single father, commuting daily between their Delaware home and Washington. In 1977 he married his current wife, Dr Jill Biden, and the couple had Ashley in 1981.
Ashley Biden has a degree in social work.
After earning an undergraduate degree from Tulane and a master's degree in social work from the University of Pennsylvania, Ashley worked as a social worker and is also a business owner.
Her LinkedIn profile indicates that she was Clinical Support Specialist at the NHS Children's Reach Clinic in Philadelphia, Employment and Education Specialist at West End Neighborhood House in Wilmington, Delaware, and Education Liaison and employment at the Delaware Department of Services for Youth and their Families. .
She then became executive director of the Delaware Center for Justice. In this non-profit organization, she helped offenders find ways to complete their sentence without going to prison and she helped criminals reintegrate into society after their sentence ended.
DCJ was formerly known as Prisoners Aid Society and lists its mission as: “The Delaware Center for Justice, Inc. is Delaware's leading nonprofit organization committed to transforming the quality of justice through advocacy, policy and practice.
Ashley left her role there in early 2019 to focus on her non-profit livelihoods.
Ashley Biden founded a charity.
Ashley founded Livelihood, a clothing brand that would donate a portion of profits to community development initiatives.
She says on the Livelihood website:
“I am focused today on pursuing my dream of impacting the community through innovative philanthropy, community reinvestment and community empowerment through fashion. Livelihoods are not about me, but about us.
It is a global, non-partisan and empowering brand. The goal is to educate each other about economic inequality in the United States, celebrate extraordinary ordinary people, fund economic progress, restore community-level decision-making, and provide hoodies comfortable, functional and elegant.
The first collection of hoodies launched in 2017 and was sold in partnership with the Gilt website, raising more than $30,000, which Ashley said went to the Delaware Community Foundation's Livelihood fund.
However, Livelihood's Instagram page has not been updated since 2017 and it appears that the website is no longer functional.
She paid tribute to her brother, Beau Biden.
The brand is a passion project for Ashley, a way of synthesizing her personal interests and professional expertise.
It was launched after the death of his older brother Beau in 2015. Even the logo – an arrow drawn back in a bow, about to launch – is a tribute to his feelings after his passing.
She said her logo shows how “sometimes we have to be pulled all the way down to pull forward. It was my bow. His cancer brought me to my knees. I had no choice but to shoot forward, to keep going, to keep aiming for my own dreams.
What was Ashley Biden's role in her father's presidential campaign?
Ashley has been part of Joe Biden's campaigns his entire life, appearing in parades and town halls since she was two years old.
At the start of her father's campaign, she said, "When we get closer, I'll get involved a lot more."
In August 2020, she hosted a virtual Wisconsin Women For Biden reunion. The event focused on childcare, pay gaps and reproductive rights.
She said: “I am here today because I adore my father, but I also deeply believe that he has the character and the vision to lead this country. »
Additionally, she told the group:
"When I say I'm ready for a Biden presidency, it's not just because I think my dad is the best person. With my father as our president, he will help us solve some of the great challenges of our generation...And he has the empathy and the courage to help us fight the racial and economic disparities that plague all communities...Make no mistake about it , women will decide this election. Women of color will decide this election.
She recently spoke about the night Joe Biden won and commented on the Capitol riots.
Biden revealed she was with her father the night he learned he had won the 2020 election.
“It was a little nerve-wracking, I mean, it went on for days,” she said. "When we finally got the news I was taking a nap, and all of a sudden I hear screaming downstairs and I jumped up and ran downstairs, and that's when , you know, that we had won Pennsylvania. »
In the same interview, the 39-year-old clothing designer weighed in on the Captiol Riots that took place in Washington, DC on January 6.
"Seeing what really happened...seeing what was going on...I mean, it was really awful," she said.
“The violence saddens me deeply. And it causes so much trauma,” Biden added of the pro-Trump crowd that swarmed the Capitol.
She also admitted that she was concerned for her father's safety ahead of Inauguration Day due to the riots.
“I think anyone you know that you love who is threatened, yes, you are concerned,” Ashley replied when asked by Jenna Bush Hager if she was “afraid for the safety of her loved ones”.
"However, the Secret Service is amazing," Biden added.
Hoping for a safe inauguration day.
Emelyne has been writing about celebrities, pop culture, entertainment and politics since 2010. Her work has been seen at Ravishly, Babble, Scary Mommy, The Mid, Redbook online and The Broad Side.
