Jill: A Biography of the First Lady

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The personal and political life of First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Dr. Jill Biden has been described as President Joe Biden's greatest political asset. Like many women of her generation, she holds her commitments as wife, mother and grandmother at the center of her life. She is a professor, earned a doctorate in educational leadership, and taught at Northern Virginia Community College. She broke barriers as First Lady as the first to hold a paying job outside the White House. "Jill" is the story of this accomplished American woman.

From her earliest days dating Senator Biden, to her embrace of Biden's young sons Beau and Hunter Biden and the birth of their daughter Ashley; her role by Joe Biden's side through Senate reelection race after Senate reelection race; her years as Second Lady; to Joe's successful third run for the Democratic presidential nomination, Jill has lived in the public eye. In this deeply reported biography, Julie Pace and Darlene Superville of The Associated Press, along with writer Evelyn M. Duffy, reveal some of the private sides of Jill Biden. We come to better understand her personality, which has held the Biden family together through tragedy and good fortune alike.

Author: Julie Pace, Darlene Superville
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 04/19/2022
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780316377508

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/01/2021 pg. 24
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2022
Booklist 03/01/2022 pg. 5
Publishers Weekly 04/04/2022