Jill Biden

Jill Biden
Official portrait, 2021
First Lady of the United States
Assumed role January 20, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Melania Trump
Second Lady of the United States
In role January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Vice President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Lynne Cheney
Succeeded by	Karen Pence
Personal details
Born	Jill Tracy Jacobs (1951-06-03) June 3, 1951 (age 72) Hammonton, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Bill Stevenson ​ ​ (m. 1970; div. 1975)​ Joe Biden ​ (m. 1977)​
Children	Ashley Biden
Relatives	Biden family
Residence	White House
Education	University of Delaware (BA, EdD) West Chester University (MEd) Villanova University (MA)
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Academic background
Thesis	Student Retention at the Community College: Meeting Students' Needs (2006)
Academic work
Institutions	Delaware Technical Community College Northern Virginia Community College
Jill Biden's voice Jill Biden speaks on cancer at an American Cancer Society event Recorded October 24, 2022

Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden^[1] (born June 3, 1951) is an American educator who has been the first lady of the United States since 2021 as the wife of President Joe Biden. She was the second lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 when her husband was vice president. Since 2009, she has been a professor of English at Northern Virginia Community College, and is believed to be the first wife of a vice president or president to hold a salaried job during the majority of her husband's tenure.

Biden has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Delaware and master's degrees in education and English from West Chester University and Villanova University, and returned to the University of Delaware for a doctoral degree in education. She taught English and reading in high schools for thirteen years and instructed adolescents with emotional disabilities at a psychiatric hospital. Following this, she was an English and writing instructor for fifteen years at Delaware Technical & Community College.

Born in Hammonton, New Jersey, Biden grew up in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. She married Joe Biden in 1977, becoming the stepmother of Beau and Hunter, two sons from Joe Biden's first marriage. Biden and her husband also have a daughter together, Ashley Biden, born in 1981. 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. She has published a memoir and two children's books.