Jill Tracy Jacobs
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First Lady since 2021, Jill Biden born Jill Tracy Jacobs in 1951 holds a doctorate in education. She teaches English at Northern Virginia Community College and has appeared on television shows like Parks and Recreation. She married President Joe Biden in 1977 and is stepmother to Beau and Hunter Biden; her first marriage to Bill Stevenson ended in divorce.
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Donald Carl Jacobs, a man of Italian/Sicilian and German descent, and Bonny Jean Godfrey, of English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, raised their daughter Jill in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. Born in Hammonton, New Jersey, on June 3, 1951, she attended Upper Moreland High School and lived in Mahwah, New Jersey from third to fifth grade before returning to Willow Grove.
Jill Biden earned a doctorate in education from the University of Delaware and has taught English at Northern Virginia Community College. She served as Second Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and became First Lady in 2021.
She appeared as herself on Parks and Recreation 2009, Well-Versed 2023, and NFL on Fox 1994. She also modeled briefly; Joe Biden first saw her picture on an airport poster in 1975.
Joe Biden proposed to her five times before she agreed to marry him on June 17, 1977. She is stepmother to Beau and Hunter Biden and has one daughter, Ashley Biden. Her first marriage to Bill Stevenson ended in divorce in 1975.
As the first First Lady to hold a doctorate, Jill Biden has emphasized the importance of education. She was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women and nominated for the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2023. Her tenure as First Lady also set a record as the oldest to start the role at age 69, surpassing Anna Harrison. She combined her roles as educator, First Lady, and public figure.
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I Thought It Was Important to Show the Ukrainian People That This War Has to Stop, and This War Has Been Brutal and That the People of the United States Stand with the People of Ukraine
You Cannot Go into a War Zone and Not Come Away Unchanged. You Don’t Have to See the Sorrow with Your Eyes Because You Can Feel It with Your Heart.
The Thing About Grief Is That It Veils One’s Face. It’s Like a Haze Has Descended. the Tears of the Mothers Stay Permanently on the Edges of Their Eyes, as If They Can Barely Contain Their Sadness.
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Joe Biden proposed to her five times before she agreed to marry him.
She is stepmother to Beau Biden and Hunter Biden.
She served as Second Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
She holds a doctorate and teaches English at Northern Virginia Community College in Virginia.
She was the first First Lady to hold a doctorate degree and the oldest at term start, 69, surpassing Anna Harrison’s 65 in 1841.
She grew up in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania and was born in Hammonton, New Jersey on a Sunday while visiting her grandparents’ house.
Her father was of half Italian/Sicilian and half German descent; her mother had English, some Scottish and Irish, and distant Dutch, French Huguenot, and German ancestry. Her grandfather changed his surname from Giacoppa/Giacoppo to Jacobs; his family was from Messina, his father from Castanea delle Furie and his mother from Gesso.
She worked as a model for a time. In 1975 Joe Biden saw her picture on an airport poster and discovered his brother knew her.
She is the first U.S. First Lady to be both Caucasian and native-born since Laura Bush.
She became First Lady of the United States in 2021 and continues in the role.
She lived in Mahwah, New Jersey from third to fifth grade before returning to Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
She resides in Washington D.C.
She is the second First Lady to be born in New Jersey, after Anna Harrison.
She was nominated for the 2023 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Public Service category.
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