Trivia

Husband Joe proposed to her five times before she finally agreed to marry him.

She has a doctorate and teaches English at Northern Virginia Community College in Virginia.

Second Lady of the United States (2009-2017).

Stepmother of Beau Biden and Hunter Biden.

She grew up in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. She was born in Hammonton, New Jersey on a Sunday while visiting her grandparents' house.

She was the first First Lady of the United States to hold a doctorate degree, as well as the oldest, starting her term at the age of 69, surpassing Anna Harrison who was 65 years old when she became First Lady in 1841.

She lived in Mahwah, New Jersey (from 3rd to fifth grade) before returning to Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.

Her father was of half Italian/Sicilian and half German descent, and her mother had English, some Scottish and Irish, and distant Dutch, French Huguenot, and German, ancestry. Her grandfather had changed his surname from Giacoppa/Giacoppo to Jacobs. His family was from Messina, his father from Castanea delle Furie and his mother from Gesso.

The second First Lady to be born in New Jersey, after Anna Harrison.

Was a one time model. In 1975 Joe Biden saw her picture on an airport poster and found out his brother knew her.

Washington D.C. (December 2010)

Is the first U.S. First Lady to be both Caucasian and native-born since Laura Bush.

First Lady of the United States (2021-present).

She was nominated for the 2023 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Public Service category.