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His three eldest children (Hunter, Beau, and Naomi) were born to his late wife, Neilia Hunter. The first lady traveled to Africa to emphasize the United States' commitment to the region at a time when Russia and China have made inroads on the continent. Biden is the father of four children, Naomi, Beau, Hunter, and Ashley. "I try to, you know, go in a little bit maybe a softer direction." "I see so many different communities and reach out to people in all walks of life."īiden said her experiences as an educator and first lady have helped her build connections with people during her travels abroad, which has included trips to 10 countries in her first two years in the role. "I really feel like I've grown so much in this role, because of the opportunities that I've been given whether it's traveling to Africa, or whether it's traveling to Nebraska," she added. "I think it's all so interesting and really fulfilling for me as, as a teacher, and as a woman, you know, to see the empowerment of other young women in them getting education," she said when asked how she balance the two roles. She teaches English and writing full time at Northern Virginia Community College, a job she also held for her eight years as second lady when her husband was vice president.įrom her perch at the White House, she has spent time advocating for education issues, helping military families through her "Joining Forces" initiative and working to end cancer through the "Cancer Moonshot." The first lady is one of the Biden administration's most often used surrogates at events across the country. The first lady told CNN she is "all for" her husband running for reelection in 2024 but also left an opening should he decide not to run, noting, "If he wants to do something else, we're there too."īiden plays a unique role as first lady, the first to hold a full-time paid job outside of the White House. RELATED: First lady Jill Biden in Africa to show administration's commitment, White House saysīiden, who has been married to the president for nearly 46 years, has long said she's not an adviser to her husband, but she is his most trusted partner and wields a significant amount of influence within the White House. Her comments came during a wide-ranging interview with CNN on her five-day visit to Africa, which included stops in Namibia and Kenya. He understands both sides, which is part of his strength." "I'm always better like, 'This person feels this way.' 'Yes, but this is why they,' - you know, he's very good at that - understanding why people feel the way they do. "Well, sometimes I don't, I may not see things from his perspective. "I think it's a good balance really."Īnd on the other side of the relationship, Biden said her husband helps her understand there are different ways of looking at issues and viewpoints. I'm out, you know, somewhere in the United States," she added. "It's in that context because I'm out every day. It's like, let me tell you what I saw or what I heard, or what people are saying to me." "Certainly I tell him stories, and I have things that I've seen and things that people want and where their challenges are," she said during an interview in Nairobi, Kenya, which will air as part of a forthcoming special event, "CNN Primetime: Jill Biden Abroad." "So, it's not that I'm like weighing in. Jill Biden offered a window into her marriage with President Joe Biden, telling CNN in an interview that she maintains a "good balance" in the types of insight and advice she offers her husband. 1973 black-and-white file photo, four-year-old Beau Biden, foreground, watches his dad, Joe Biden, center, being sworn in as the U.S. whod been injured in a car accident in December 1972 that claimed the lives of Joe Bidens first wife and daughter. 18, 1972, when 30-year-old Neilia took Naomi and their two sons - Beau and Hunter - in the car to buy a Christmas tree. When Vice President Joe Biden was first sworn in to the U.S. The president, 80, was the senator-elect from Delaware on Dec. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church near the family’s Wilmington, Del., home.įollowing the “private family memorial Mass,” according to the White House, they walked over to the church graveyard where Neilia Biden and Naomi, who was 13 months old at the time of the accident, are buried.
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The president, first lady Jill Biden, daughter Ashley, son Hunter Biden and several grandchildren carrying a wreath attended Mass at St. President Biden, accompanied by family members, visited the gravesites of his first wife and infant daughter who were killed in a car crash 50 years ago Sunday. Trump considering billionaire TikTok investor Jeff Yass for Treasury secretary: report Gold Star dad arrested at Biden’s SOTU says charges haven’t been dropped against himīiden asks staffer for permission to take questions at Michigan event before reporters are ushered away