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Former Vice President Joe Biden is in the running to become President of the United States, which means that his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, former Second Lady in the White House, is now in the spotlight as well.

Jill was raised in Pennsylvania and moved to Delaware for college. She graduated from Upper Moreland High School in 1969, then went to a junior college in Pennsylvania to study fashion merchandising.

She wed Bill Stevenson in 1970, and they went to the University of Delaware together, but divorced after college. Around the same time, while Joe was senator in 1972, his wife, Neilia, and 1-year-old daughter, Naomi, died in a car accident, while his other two children, Beau and Hunter, were in the car but survived.

Jill met Joe, who is nine years older, on a blind date in 1975, which was coordinated by Joe‘s brother.

“We went out to see A Man and a Woman at the movie theater in Philadelphia, and we really hit it off. When we came home…he shook my hand good night. I went upstairs and called my mother at 1:00 a.m. and said, ‘Mom, I finally met a gentleman,’” she recalled of their first date.

He proposed five times before she accepted.

“By that time, of course, I had fallen in love with the boys, and I really felt that this marriage had to work. Because they had lost their mom, and I couldn’t have them lose another mother. So I had to be 100 percent sure.”

They got married in June of 1977 at the United Nations chapel in New York City, and welcomed daughter Ashley in 1981. They now have five grandchildren together.

Jill worked as an English teacher in local public schools, as well as a psychiatric hospital after graduating from University of Delaware. She earned two masters degrees in reading and in English. She later taught English Composition at Delaware Technical and Community College for 15 years. In 2006, Jill went back to school for another degree: a doctorate in education from the University of Delaware in 2007.

She continued working as a full-time professor at Northern Virginia Community College, and is thought to be the first second lady to hold a paying job during her husband’s time as Vice President.

“If we get to the White House, I’m going to continue to teach. It’s important, and I want people to value teachers and know their contributions and lift up their profession,” she recently vowed.

She also is a military mom, as Beau served for several years. She and former first lady Michelle Obama launched Joining Forces, aimed to help veterans returning from war and military spouses find career opportunities.

She also wrote a children’s book, Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops, published in 2012, inspired by her granddaughter Natalie when her father, Beau, was deployed to Iraq.

Jill founded the the Biden Breast Health Initiative in Delaware in the early ’90s after four friends were diagnosed. After son Beau was sadly diagnosed with brain cancer in 2013 and died two years later, the couple formed the Biden Cancer Initiative, an organization for cancer researchers, health care providers and patients to develop clinical trials, detection, care and treatment plans.

She is also a runner, and participated in the Komen Race for the Cure in the early ’90s. She reportedly does a five mile run at a nine to 10 minute pace five days a week, along with a little bit of weight training.

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Jennifer Lopez and fiance Alex Rodriguez have formally endorsed Joe Biden for President.

The two hosted a video chat with Joe and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, and opened up about the issues that matter most to them.

“We’re thrilled and we’re excited to vote,” Alex kicked off the conversation. “I think our voice has never been more important. We want to come together as a team to defeat COVID and to rebuild this U.S. economy that needs us all so much.”

Jennifer added that for her, personally, “it’s [about] unifying the nation again, getting rid of this hate. I hate thinking about my kids walking around in a world where it’s okay to be racist or prejudiced because our administration says it’s okay. That, to me, is really sad because it’s not the country that I believe I grew up in.”

Then, she asked Joe about his plan if elected to office.

“There’s a lot we can do,” Joe responded. “I know you know this Jennifer. A Latino is three times more like to be infected by the COVID virus than a white person. [There are] 3 million unemployed, [and] 200,000 dreamers are on the frontlines of essential workers risking their lives right now.”

“That’s not an exaggeration, that’s a fact,” he added. “One in three Latino small businesses are gone.”

Alex then chimed in again, saying that he thinks “about those young Latinos out there [and] African Americans, all of us, all of them, that need help. [I hope] they get the support that they need. I just want our three little girls to know that one day, they could be CEO, they could go for no. 1 and they could be the next president of the United States of America.”

“They could be president,” Joe said. “It’s about letting people know that there is nothing beyond our capacity … I really, really believe it.”

Watch the full video chat below:

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Joe Biden is sharing his test results.

The 77-year-old Democratic nominee for President of the United States announced that he and Jill Biden tested negative for coronavirus on Friday (October 2).

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“I’m happy to report that Jill and I have tested negative for COVID. Thank you to everyone for your messages of concern. I hope this serves as a reminder: wear a mask, keep social distance, and wash your hands,” he wrote on Twitter.

The test results come as President Donald Trump, who he just faced off with in the first presidential debate of 2020, tested positive alongside First Lady Melania Trump for coronavirus.

Here is the current health status update for the President.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris wear masks and hold their hands in the air while greeting their supporters on the final night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention on Thursday (August 20) in Wilmington, Delaware.

The Democratic nominees for president and vice president were joined by their spouses Jill Biden and Douglas Emhoff, respectively.

During the final night of the convention, Biden accepted the nomination for president and he gave a powerful speech in which he laid out his plans for the presidency.

“The current president has cloaked America in darkness for much too long. Too much anger. Too much fear. Too much division. Here and now, I give you my word: If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us not the worst. I will be an ally of the light not of the darkness,” Biden said.

He added, “It’s time for us, for We the People, to come together. For make no mistake. United we can, and will, overcome this season of darkness in America. We will choose hope over fear, facts over fiction, fairness over privilege.”

Biden slammed Trump during the speech.

“Our current president has failed in his most basic duty to this nation. He failed to protect us. He failed to protect America. And, my fellow Americans, that is unforgivable. As president, I will make you this promise: I will protect America. I will defend us from every attack. Seen. And unseen. Always. Without exception. Every time,” Biden said.

After the speech, Biden, Harris, and their spouses went to an outdoor stage and watched a fireworks show while supporters stayed in their cars in a drive-in theater setup.

Twitter couldn’t get enough of Dr. Jill Biden‘s speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight (August 18).

Wearing a gorgeous green dress, the educator returned to a school she once taught at the deliver her speech, supporting husband Joe Biden, the official Democratic nominee.

“As a mother and a grandmother, as an American, I am heartbroken by the magnitude of this loss, by the failure to protect our communities, by every precious and irreplaceable life gone,” Jill started. “Like so many of you, I’m left asking, ‘how do I keep my family safe?’ You know, motherhood came to me in a way I never expected, I fell in love with a man and two little boys standing in the wreckage of unthinkable loss, mourning a wife and mother, a daughter and sister. I never imagined, at the age of 26, I would be asking myself, ‘how do you make a broken family whole?’ Still, Joe always told the boys, ‘mommy sent Jill to us.’ And how could I argue with her? And so, we figured it out together.”

She went on, “We found that love holds a family together. Love makes us flexible and resilient. It allows us to become more than ourselves, together, and though it can’t protect us from the sorrows of life, it gives us refuge — a home. How do you make a broken family whole? The same way you make a nation whole — with love and understanding and with small acts of kindness.”

After and during her speech, Jill was praised by supporters and celebrities on social media.

“This is what a First Lady sounds like. She really DOES care. Do U?” Mark Hamill wrote after watching.

Rosanna Arquette also praised her, writing, “Jill Biden has proven she is Best.”

At the end of her speech, Joe even praised his wife, telling her that she did a great job.

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Jill Biden is opening up her plans as a potential First Lady of the United States.

The former SLOTUS – Second Lady of the United States – was profiled on CBS Sunday Morning and revealed that her plans include to continue teaching.

“I hope so. I would love to [continue],” Jill says of her community college teaching career. “If we get to the White House, I’m going to continue to teach. It’s important, and I want people to value teachers and know their contributions and lift up their profession.”

If you’re unfamiliar, Dr. Biden has a doctorate in education and has been a teacher for 36 years. She continued to teach while serving as the Second Lady, during Barack Obama‘s presidency.

Jill‘s husband, Joe, the Democratic nominee, also appears in the profile, which sees him talking of how she is helping him to pick a female running mate.

“What Jill is best at helping me do is figure out who the people around me would be most compatible with me,” he shared. “She knows me better than I know me.”

She added, “We’ve talked about the different women candidates but it’s gotta be Joe’s decision. Who he feels most comfortable with, who shares his values. And that’s what he’s always said that’s what he and Barack had.”

Watch the full profile below:

Recently, Joe opened up about his process for picking his running mate and when the announcement might be.

Joe Biden wears a black face mask while making his first public appearance in two months.

The 77-year-old former VP, who is the presumptive Democratic nominee for the upcoming presidential election, was joined by his wife Jill Biden while paying tribute to fallen service members on Memorial Day (May 25) in Newcastle, Del.

The Bidens laid a wreath by the memorial at Delaware Memorial Bridge Veteran’s Memorial Park. Their son Beau Biden, who served in the Iraq war, passed away five years ago this week after a battle with brain cancer.

“Never forget the sacrifices that these men and women made,” Biden said at the memorial, according to The New York Times. “Never, ever forget.”

While Biden wore a mask, as citizens should be doing during the pandemic, President Trump made two appearances on Memorial Day and did not wear a mask.