Jill Biden

Jill also continues to teach English full-time at a community college not far from the White House. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware, two master’s degrees, from West Chester University and Villanova University, and a doctorate in education from the University of Delaware. She has been a teacher for more than two decades, including time teaching history to emotionally disturbed teenagers. In 1993, after four of her friends were diagnosed with breast cancer, Jill started the Biden Breast Health Initiative in Delaware, which in the past 17 years has educated more than 10,000 ninth-through-twelfth-grade girls about the importance of early detection of breast cancer. For the past two years, Jill and the Vice President have served as the Honorary Co-Chairs for the Global Race for the Cure in Washington, D.C. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., Jill taught English at a community college in Delaware, at a public high school and at a psychiatric hospital for adolescents. Jill earned her Doctorate in Education from the University of Delaware in January of 2007. Her dissertation focused on maximizing student retention in community colleges. She also has a two Master's Degrees — both of which she earned while working and raising a family. Jill and Joe have three children: Ashley, a social worker; Beau, the Attorney General of the State of Delaware and a captain in the Delaware Army National Guard; and Hunter, a lawyer. They have two daughters-in law, Kathleen and Hallie, and are also the proud grandparents of five grandchildren: Naomi, Finnegan, Maisy, Natalie, and Hunter. The oldest of five sisters, Jill Jacobs was raised in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, by Bonny and Donald Jacobs, both of whom are now deceased.