Jill Biden

About Jill

• I attended community college in Pennsylvania with the goal of studying fashion merchandising, but I discovered that I didn’t really like it, so I dropped out.
• Got married to my first husband and we both attended the University of Delaware together—by our junior year, we decided to divorce, and I took a break from school.
• Started doing some modeling work to make some money and returned to school a year later to earn my bachelor’s degree in English.
• Met and married Senator Joe Biden—I also began teaching high school English and even spent five years working in a psychiatric hospital teaching adolescents with emotional disabilities.
• During this time, I earned a master’s degree in education from West Chester University and a master’s degree in English from Villanova University.
• Began teaching at Delaware Technical and Community College and later received my doctoral degree in education from the University of Delaware.
• Served as the Second Lady of the United States of America from 2008-2017 and launched initiatives supporting education, military families, and women’s rights alongside First Lady Michelle Obama.
• I’m also the founder/co-founder of several nonprofit initiatives including the Biden Breast Health Initiative, the Book Buddies program, the Biden Foundation, and Joining Forces with Michelle Obama.