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Jill Biden

Biography

Jill Biden

Jill Biden, former First Lady of the United States, is the New York Times bestselling author of WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS and her children’s books DON'T FORGET, GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS, JOEY: The Story of Joe Biden, and WILLOW THE WHITE HOUSE CAT.

She served as Second Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. As First Lady, she advocated for military families, the Biden Cancer Moonshot, community colleges, and women’s health research --- and maintained a full-time career teaching English as a community college professor. She chairs the Milken Institute’s Women’s Health Network.

A mother and grandmother --- and now great-grandmother --- she lives with her husband, former President Joe Biden, in Wilmington, Delaware, with their cat, Willow.

Jill Biden

Books by Jill Biden

View from the East Wing: A Memoir
by Jill Biden - Memoir, Nonfiction

Jill Biden became First Lady at a complicated moment in U.S. history, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the shadow of the January 6th insurrection. These were the circumstances under which she set up office in the East Wing, where she hit the ground running. Throughout her husband’s presidency, Jill remained a tireless advocate for her causes, including women’s health, military families, vaccine awareness, cancer initiatives, and education. She made history as the first-ever First Lady to hold an outside job while her husband was in office, continuing to work as a professor at a nearby community college. Yet all the while, she saw herself as an ordinary woman living an extraordinary life. In VIEW FROM THE EAST WING, Jill shares her White House experiences for the first time, in her own words. 

Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself
by Jill Biden - Memoir, Nonfiction

"How did you get this number?" Those were the first words Jill Biden spoke to U.S. senator Joe Biden when he called her out of the blue to ask her on a date. Growing up, Jill had wanted two things: a marriage like her parents' and a career. An early heartbreak had left her uncertain about love, until she met Joe. But as they grew closer, Jill faced difficult questions: How would politics shape her family and professional life? And was she ready to become a mother to Joe's two young sons? This is the story of how Jill built a family --- and a life --- of her own. From the pranks she played to keep everyone laughing to the traditions she formed that would carry them through tragedy, hers is the spirited journey of a woman embracing many roles.