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  • Jill Biden’s Ex-Husband Charged With Murder Of Wife After 40 Years Of Marriage

    William Stevenson, who was briefly married to former first lady Jill Biden more than five decades ago, has been charged with the murder of his longtime wife, Linda Stevenson, Delaware police announced Tuesday.

    On Dec. 28, just before midnight, police responded to a domestic dispute at the Stevensons’ New Castle County home. Police said they found Linda Stevenson unresponsive in the living room, and after attempting “life-saving measures,” she was pronounced dead. Police provided few details of the incident and did not say how she died.

    On Monday, authorities presented the case to a grand jury and an indictment was returned, charging the 77-year-old with first-degree murder. Police took him into custody “without incident” that same day. His bail was set at $500,000 cash.

    William and Linda Stevenson had been married for about 40 years.

    Linda Stevenson, 64, was a mother, grandmother and business owner.

    “Linda will be remembered as tenacious, kind-hearted, and fiercely loyal,” reads her obituary, which does not mention her husband. “Her strength, resilience, and unwavering love for her family and friends will never be forgotten, and her absence will be felt deeply by all who knew her.”

    William Stevenson sparked headlines in the 2020 presidential election when he told “Inside Edition” that he believed Jill and Joe Biden had an affair. Jill Biden was married to William Stevenson from 1970 to 1974.

    Stevenson claimed that he and Jill got to know Joe Biden in 1972 when Stevenson threw a fundraising event for the future president, who was then a county council member in New Castle, Delaware. Stevenson said he began to suspect the two were having an affair in 1974 — one year before Jill and Joe Biden have said they were set up by Joe Biden’s brother on a blind date.

    Jill Biden denied Stevenson’s claim, telling “Inside Edition” in a statement at the time that the claim of an affair is “fictitious.”

    William Stevenson came forward with the allegations when he was thinking about releasing a book about his life. In 2020, he told the Daily Mail that he didn’t “want to harm” Jill Biden’s chances of becoming first lady.

    “She would make an excellent first lady — but this is my story,” he said.

    He added: “It’s not a bitter book — I’m not bitter because, if it wasn’t for my divorce, I would never have met my wife Linda and she’s the greatest thing in my life — but it does have facts in it that aren’t pleasant to Jill and Joe.”

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  • Jill Biden’s ex-husband Bill Stevenson charged with murder after 2nd wife Linda found dead


    William Stevenson, former first lady Jill Biden’s ex-husband, was indicted on a murder charge connected to the death of his second wife late last year in Delaware, police said Tuesday. 

    In late December, New Castle County police said they responded to a reported domestic dispute on the 1300 block of Idlewood Road in the Oak Hill neighborhood, near the town of Elsmere.

    Linda Stevenson, 64, was found unresponsive in the living room and later pronounced dead, according to police. No charges were filed at the time of the death investigation.

    Inside Edition reported in 2020 that Stevenson met Biden on the beach in Ocean City, New Jersey, in 1969 and were married the following year. They divorced in 1975, and about a decade later, he wed Linda.

    Stevenson is the former owner of The Stone Balloon venue in Newark, which hosted rock acts from Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band to George Thorogood to Cheap Trick.

    On Monday, Feb. 2, a grand jury returned an indictment against Stevenson, NCCPD said. Police took him into custody shortly afterward.

    Bill Stevenson is charged with one felony count of first-degree murder. He was arraigned and placed in the Howard Young Correctional Institution after failing to post $500,000 bail.

    Linda Stevenson was a mother and grandmother who had recently founded an accounting business, BMB Bookkeeping. She was an Eagles fan and “will be remembered as tenacious, kind-hearted, and fiercely loyal,” according to an obituary. Her husband was not mentioned in the obit.

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  • ‘We are going to get through this moment’: Kamala Harris returns to Atlanta to talk “107 Days”

    Former United States Vice President Kamala Harris on stage at the Tabernacle on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025.
    Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice

    Former United States Vice President Kamala Harris was back in Atlanta on Wednesday night. Harris, who also served as the former Attorney General of California and United States Senator, was on her tour for her latest book, “107 Days.” The book is a diary-like rehashing of her historical presidential run that ended with a loss to the current President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. 

    The line outside the Tabernacle was reminiscent of the lines outside the many arenas, stadiums, and event spaces in Georgia that Harris spoke at during her campaign. The line stretched down Luckie Street and around the corner. It was clear that Harris remained popular in Atlanta.

    Upon taking the stage, Harris, in one of her signature looks, a pant suit, said, “It’s good to be back in the ATL.”  

    The evening’s moderator was social media influencer and Spelman College alumna, Lynae Vanee. 

    There was a long line outside the Tabernacle hours before the ‘107 Days’ book tour event was scheduled to take place on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice

    Harris’s 107-day campaign was self-described as “American history.” By the looks and sounds of the capacity crowd in attendance, it has left an indelible mark on Georgians. Between applause and laughter from the crowd, Harris retold stories from her book and acknowledged that she had her toughest day at the end of the campaign on Election Day.

    “It took a lot of time for me to think, reflect, and feel,” said Harris of her new post-election reality. “Writing this book was part of what helped me do that.”

    On more than one occasion, Trump was mentioned by name and in jest. On one more serious note, Harris said of the current administration’s actions towards immigrants, for example, “I predicted all of this.”

    That comment was followed by loud applause. 

    “When this is over, meaning his presidency, there will be a lot of debris,” she added. 

    Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice

    During the conversation, Harris discussed portions of the book, including the pages in which she invited Megan Thee Stallion to perform at a campaign event at the Georgia State University Convocation Center. Harris got pushback from people who supported her and Megan, but thought the rapper wasn’t a good look, Harris recalled. 

    “I did ask her to come, and I was happy to have her because she is very talented,” said Harris of the Houston-born rapper. “It wasn’t traditional, and it didn’t comport with what people thought was the norm.” 

    Nothing about Harris’s campaign was normal, and she would have Hip-Hop performers, actors, actresses, and the like make appearances on her campaign throughout the 107 days. Many of these moments are in her book. Other moments described in “107 Days” include former running mate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the vetting of a potential running mate, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, her relationship with her family, and her relationship with other people in the White House.

    With 91 days till Election Day, Harris shared the sights and sounds of the first time she and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, took the stage in Philadelphia. “The roar that met us when we walked out onstage was so deafening we could barely hear ourselves,” Harris recalled (page 100).

    In the book, Harris also reveals behind-the-scenes moments from the campaign and her relationship with former United States President Joseph R. Biden, her running mate and friend. One revelation that will get readers’ attention is the lack of support for her campaign by members of Biden’s camp (pages 40-41), and her suspicion that former First Lady Jill Biden hadn’t gotten over some of the barbs Harris and Biden exchanged during the 2019 presidential primary (page 39).

    The former vice president was reflective during her time on stage. 

    “During the 107 days I did not allow myself, nor was there any room for reflection,” Harris said of the whirlwind that was her life last year. 

    Harris also added that losing that election brought on emotions that she hadn’t felt since she lost her mother. 

    “I was grieving for our country, because I knew what was going to happen,” she said. 

    There was no grieving this evening, however. Harris was showered with applause from the start to the finish of her time on stage.

    “This is true talk right here,” she said. “It may get worse before it gets better. But we cannot afford to put the blanket over our head and say, ‘Wake me up when it’s over.’ If we give up, then all is lost. We cannot let our spirits be defeated by one election.” 

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  • Talk of Olympic fashion — and the Paris rain — at starry Ralph Lauren fashion event

    Talk of Olympic fashion — and the Paris rain — at starry Ralph Lauren fashion event

    PARIS (AP) — Fashion. Sports. And of course, the rain.

    Those were the topics — separately, and together — on everyone’s lips as a gaggle of luminaries from sports, entertainment and media packed into Ralph Lauren’s Paris eatery Saturday evening in yet another high-wattage celebrity Olympic gathering in the French capital.

    The starry crowd at Ralph’s Restaurant included Oscar winner Jessica Chastain, Nick Jonas, John Mulaney and Alan Cumming, among other entertainers. First lady Jill Biden arrived late and drew a large crowd around her.

    “Saturday Night Live” executive producer Lorne Michaels was there, pointing to his shoes and noting they were still wet from the previous evening’s epic, and rainy, opening ceremony. “These shoes are not all-weather,” he explained. The ceremony had left many drenched, but most still very happy to be there — including Michaels.

    “Let’s put it this way, I was watching in a place with a lot of stars, and nobody was complaining,” he said.

    Also not complaining: the Olympic athletes in attendance, who’d spent much of the previous evening on a boat in the rain. Had they been worried about catching cold?

    “It was a thought,” said Jeffrey Louis, a member of the U.S. breaking team competing in the sport’s Olympic debut, “but then I figured we’d just all get sick at the same time.”

    “So we all embraced it,” added Louis, who said he had tried to cover up with a poncho briefly, but when he put it down, someone swiped it. But he survived the rains in good health — in any case, his competition is not until the end of the Olympics.

    Likewise, Chiaka Ogbogu, a U.S. volleyball player, decided to not to worry about colds. “We’re in it, so might as well not worry about it,” she said she thought at the time. Also, she noted: Athletes are some of the toughest people out there. They can deal with colds.

    Ogbogu, who is competing in her second Olympics after Toyko in 2021, said she was delighted to be at a Ralph Lauren event because she is a self-described “fashion nerd.” Asked which team uniform she liked the best — besides her own Team USA kit, which she was wearing — she noted the elegant Mongolian uniform, which has been widely acclaimed. She also admired Haiti’s vibrantly colored designs, which likewise have gained attention

    Singer-actor Nick Jonas cited a special reason for loving the Indian uniforms in the three colors of that country’s national flag: “My wife’s Indian,” he noted, referring to spouse Priyanka Chopra. He’d just flown into Paris a few hours earlier for a whirlwind few days at the Games, during which he plans to watch gymnastics with star SImone Biles, among other things.

    Jonas missed the chance to see the opening ceremony in person — and to get wet — but watched it on TV. He said he was amazed by the production values — noting in particular the French tricolor smoke billowing over a bridge. “That was like nothing I’ve ever seen,” he said.

    As for fashion — the theme of the night — almost everyone seemed to agree that these 2024 Olympics had taken fashion up a notch. Ogobogu, the volleyball player, said it was “almost inevitable — I mean, it’s Paris!”

    David Lauren, the label’s chief branding and innovation officer and son of founder Ralph Lauren, who did not attend, attributed it partly to the rise of social media and how quickly images of Olympic fashion travel these days, as compared to 2008 when the label began outfitting the U.S. team.

    To make his point, he whipped out his phone and showed an Instagram video of LeBron James, a U.S. flag bearer with Coco Gauff, being readied in his white Lauren jacket with red-and-blue trim. It had nearly 850,000 likes.

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    President Joe Biden says his goal is to “unite America again” during speech in Philadelphia


    President Joe Biden says his goal is to “unite America again” during speech in Philadelphia

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    PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — President Biden said Sunday that his goal is to “unite America again” during a speech at Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ in Northwest Philadelphia.

    Mr. Biden’s remarks came during the first of two stops of the day in Pennsylvania, a critical swing state. After speaking in Philadelphia, the president and First Lady Jill Biden are headed to Harrisburg for an event at a local union hall.

    “I’ve been doing this a long time, and I honest to God have never been more optimistic about America’s future… if we stick together,”  the president said to the nearly 300 congregants in attendance. “We have to bring dignity and hope back in America.”

    Mr. Biden didn’t directly address the critical phase of his campaign that he is entering following a shaky debate performance that has led a handful of Democratic lawmakers to call for him to step aside. But he said he had been “called according to [God’s] purpose,” that “we’re all called to be doers,” and “I think we just have to work together.”  

    President Biden speaks during a church service in northwest Philadelphia on Sunday, July 7, 2024
    President Biden speaks during a church service in northwest Philadelphia on Sunday, July 7, 2024

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    Mr. Biden did joke about his age, saying that although he may look like he’s “40 years old,” he’s “been around a long time.” 

    “The bishop and I were talking about that — it’s heck turning 40,” Mr. Biden said. 

    According to CBS News reporters inside the church, the crowd started chanting “four more years” once Mr. Biden concluded his speech and returned to his seat on the stage.

    Mr. Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in Philadelphia around 10 a.m. ET, where they were met at the airport by Mayor Cherelle Parker and Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, both Democrats. The president also met with Gov. Josh Shapiro, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis and others throughout the day.

    President Biden with Senators Bob Casey and John Fetterman
    President Biden with Senators Bob Casey and John Fetterman

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    Mr. Biden arrived in Harrisburg on Air Force One alongside the first lady, Fetterman and his wife, Gisele. Upon arrival, the president answered one press question: Is the Democratic party behind him? To which Mr. Biden replied, “Yes.”

    The group then made its way to AFSCME, a local union hall in Harrisburg, where Mr. Biden stepped outside to speak to the crowd.

    In an off-the-cuff speech without a teleprompter, Mr. Biden told those gathered in Harrisburg that in his second term, he plans to work on fairer taxes, touching on former President Trump’s tax cuts for billionaires, which Mr. Biden has criticized throughout his campaigns and presidency.

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    “The middle class built this country, not Wall Street. And guess what? Unions built the middle class,” Mr. Biden said.

     The president then handed the mic over to Fetterman, who spoke about the economy and the drastic change in the state of the country from 2020 to 2024.

    “Let’s talk about four years ago, we were all hoarding toilet paper,” he said. “We’d all be on some big Zoom right now. But we’re right here right now. Remember what that was like?” 

    Fetterman also spoke about Trump being “obsessed with revenge,” and said he believes Mr. Biden has stepped up to the plate during his presidency. 

    “Joe Biden has held every line, every line — two wars, a pandemic, look at our economy,” Fetterman said. “Our economy is the envy of the world right now.”

    Later, Mr. Biden met with Shapiro, who couldn’t attend the events earlier in the day due to “intense budget negotiations,” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told CBS News. The two men paid a visit to a nearby coffee shop where the president tipped $20 and also avoided questions about the latest cease-fire deal.

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    US President Joe Biden (R) visits a coffee shop with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (C) and Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams (L) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on July 7, 2024. Biden is back out on the campaign trail Sunday, desperate to salvage his re-election bid as senior Democrats meet to discuss growing calls that he quit the White House race. The 81-year-old Democrat kicks off a grueling week with two campaign rallies in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, before hosting the NATO leaders’ summit in Washington.

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    Mr. Biden, who most recently traveled to Philadelphia in May with Vice President Kamala Harris to launch their “Black Voters for Biden-Harris” initiative,” was originally scheduled to appear Sunday at the annual NEA conference in Philadelphia. That speech was canceled after the NEA’s union, the National Education Association Staff Organization, announced a strike and set up picket lines around the Pennsylvania Convention Center in downtown Philadelphia.

    Mr. Biden, who is fighting to save his endangered reelection effort, had planned to speak at the NEA conference, but his campaign said the president is a “fierce supporter of unions and he won’t cross a picket line.” 

    The picket line effectively ended the weeklong convention, canceling the last three days of programming, the NEA said.

    The NEA, which has school employee union affiliates in every state, has endorsed Biden.

    The union announced it filed two unfair labor practice complaints over what it says is NEA’s failure to comply with basic union requirements, and is accusing the NEA of unilaterally removing holiday overtime pay and failing to provide information on outsourcing $50 million in contracts.

    In a statement, the NEA said it remained fully committed to a fair bargaining process. It also said it was “deeply concerning that misinformation has been shared” that misrepresented contract negotiations.

    Mr. Biden’s dual-city visit Sunday comes as the president works to shore up support for his reelection campaign following a shaky debate performance against Trump last month.

    According to a CBS News source, following the debate and suggestions that Mr. Biden drop out, the president told campaign staff in no uncertain terms that he doesn’t plan to leave the race. “Let me say this as clearly as I possibly can and as simply and straightforward as I can: I am running. I’m the nominee of the Democratic Party. No one’s pushing me out. I’m not leaving,” he said, according to one source.


    President Biden hits the campaign trail in Philadelphia as the debate over his candidacy continues

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    Alexandra Simon is a digital content producer at CBS Philadelphia. Alex started her career at CBS21 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania before joining KARE 11 News in Minneapolis, where she covered breaking news, features and often cold weather.

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  • Biden says

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    President Joe Biden says his goal is to “unite America again” during speech in Philadelphia


    President Joe Biden says his goal is to “unite America again” during speech in Philadelphia

    06:48

    PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — President Biden said Sunday that his goal is to “unite America again” during a speech at Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ in Northwest Philadelphia.

    Mr. Biden’s remarks came during the first of two stops of the day in Pennsylvania, a critical swing state. After speaking in Philadelphia, the president and First Lady Jill Biden are headed to Harrisburg for an event at a local union hall.

    “I’ve been doing this a long time, and I honest to God have never been more optimistic about America’s future… if we stick together,”  the president said to the nearly 300 congregants in attendance. “We have to bring dignity and hope back in America.”

    Mr. Biden didn’t directly address the critical phase of his campaign that he is entering following a shaky debate performance that has led a handful of Democratic lawmakers to call for him to step aside. But he said he had been “called according to [God’s] purpose,” that “we’re all called to be doers,” and “I think we just have to work together.”  

    President Biden speaks during a church service in northwest Philadelphia on Sunday, July 7, 2024
    President Biden speaks during a church service in northwest Philadelphia on Sunday, July 7, 2024

    CBS Philadelphia


    Mr. Biden did joke about his age, saying that although he may look like he’s “40 years old,” he’s “been around a long time.” 

    “The bishop and I were talking about that — it’s heck turning 40,” Mr. Biden said. 

    According to CBS News reporters inside the church, the crowd started chanting “four more years” once Mr. Biden concluded his speech and returned to his seat on the stage.

    Mr. Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in Philadelphia around 10 a.m. ET, where they were met at the airport by Mayor Cherelle Parker and Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, both Democrats. The president also met with Gov. Josh Shapiro, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis and others throughout the day.

    President Biden with Senators Bob Casey and John Fetterman
    President Biden with Senators Bob Casey and John Fetterman

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    Mr. Biden arrived in Harrisburg on Air Force One alongside the first lady, Fetterman and his wife, Gisele. Upon arrival, the president answered one press question: Is the Democratic party behind him? To which Mr. Biden replied, “Yes.”

    The group then made its way to AFSCME, a local union hall in Harrisburg, where Mr. Biden stepped outside to speak to the crowd.

    In an off-the-cuff speech without a teleprompter, Mr. Biden told those gathered in Harrisburg that in his second term, he plans to work on fairer taxes, touching on former President Trump’s tax cuts for billionaires, which Mr. Biden has criticized throughout his campaigns and presidency.

    biden.jpg

    “The middle class built this country, not Wall Street. And guess what? Unions built the middle class,” Mr. Biden said.

     The president then handed the mic over to Fetterman, who spoke about the economy and the drastic change in the state of the country from 2020 to 2024.

    “Let’s talk about four years ago, we were all hoarding toilet paper,” he said. “We’d all be on some big Zoom right now. But we’re right here right now. Remember what that was like?” 

    Fetterman also spoke about Trump being “obsessed with revenge,” and said he believes Mr. Biden has stepped up to the plate during his presidency. 

    “Joe Biden has held every line, every line — two wars, a pandemic, look at our economy,” Fetterman said. “Our economy is the envy of the world right now.”

    Later, Mr. Biden met with Shapiro, who couldn’t attend the events earlier in the day due to “intense budget negotiations,” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told CBS News. The two men paid a visit to a nearby coffee shop where the president tipped $20 and also avoided questions about the latest cease-fire deal.

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    US President Joe Biden (R) visits a coffee shop with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (C) and Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams (L) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on July 7, 2024. Biden is back out on the campaign trail Sunday, desperate to salvage his re-election bid as senior Democrats meet to discuss growing calls that he quit the White House race. The 81-year-old Democrat kicks off a grueling week with two campaign rallies in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, before hosting the NATO leaders’ summit in Washington.

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    Mr. Biden, who most recently traveled to Philadelphia in May with Vice President Kamala Harris to launch their “Black Voters for Biden-Harris” initiative,” was originally scheduled to appear Sunday at the annual NEA conference in Philadelphia. That speech was canceled after the NEA’s union, the National Education Association Staff Organization, announced a strike and set up picket lines around the Pennsylvania Convention Center in downtown Philadelphia.

    Mr. Biden, who is fighting to save his endangered reelection effort, had planned to speak at the NEA conference, but his campaign said the president is a “fierce supporter of unions and he won’t cross a picket line.” 

    The picket line effectively ended the weeklong convention, canceling the last three days of programming, the NEA said.

    The NEA, which has school employee union affiliates in every state, has endorsed Biden.

    The union announced it filed two unfair labor practice complaints over what it says is NEA’s failure to comply with basic union requirements, and is accusing the NEA of unilaterally removing holiday overtime pay and failing to provide information on outsourcing $50 million in contracts.

    In a statement, the NEA said it remained fully committed to a fair bargaining process. It also said it was “deeply concerning that misinformation has been shared” that misrepresented contract negotiations.

    Mr. Biden’s dual-city visit Sunday comes as the president works to shore up support for his reelection campaign following a shaky debate performance against Trump last month.

    According to a CBS News source, following the debate and suggestions that Mr. Biden drop out, the president told campaign staff in no uncertain terms that he doesn’t plan to leave the race. “Let me say this as clearly as I possibly can and as simply and straightforward as I can: I am running. I’m the nominee of the Democratic Party. No one’s pushing me out. I’m not leaving,” he said, according to one source.


    President Biden hits the campaign trail in Philadelphia as the debate over his candidacy continues

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    Alexandra Simon is a digital content producer at CBS Philadelphia. Alex started her career at CBS21 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania before joining KARE 11 News in Minneapolis, where she covered breaking news, features and often cold weather.

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  • Jill Biden’s Net Worth Shows What She Really Earns as First Lady Compared To Joe

    Jill Biden’s Net Worth Shows What She Really Earns as First Lady Compared To Joe

    Jill Biden is always right by her husband’s side. Of course, she’s the wife of the President of The United States, but she’s always been a self-starter and tries to help out whenever she can as an educator. That’s why her net worth is impressive compared to many other First Ladies.

    Dr. Jill Biden met Joe Biden after she was set up on a blind date by a friend, and it took some time before the two settled down. Both Jill and Joe were married before—Joe’s wife Nellia died in a car crash while Jill divorced her husband Bill Stevenson. Joe revealed he proposed five times before she finally accepted. “You have to remember I mean it wasn’t just my heart that was on the line, with Beau and Hunter, I knew that if we were gonna get married, it had to work, it had to be forever because they had already lost their mother and sister in a car accident and I knew that they couldn’t lose someone else in their life. So here we are, it is forever, it is 48 years later,” she told Meet Cutes NYC. The two married in 1977 and raised three children: her stepchildren Beau and Hunter, and their daughter Ashley.

    Related: How Joe Biden’s Net Worth Compares To Past Presidents Like Trump

    Jill has a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Delaware and master’s degrees in education and English from West Chester University and Villanova University. She later went back to the University of Delaware for a doctoral degree in education. From 1993 to 2008, Jill taught at Delaware Technical & Community College, but stopped after she became the Second Lady of The United States. After resuming her teaching job, she became the first wife of a sitting U.S. president to hold a paying job outside the White House.

    What is Jill Biden’s net worth?

    Jill Biden’s net worth is about $9 million according to Celebrity Net Worth. Her net worth compared to her husband Joe Biden is about the same at $10 million, according to Forbes. The finance news site also reported that First Lady Jill Biden receives a $250,000 pension and an annuity in addition to some cash.

    What is Jill Biden’s Salary?

    In their joint 2024 tax returns, Jill Biden earned $85,985 from her job teaching English at Northern Virginia Community College. The couple’s additional income was drawn from interest on investments, pensions, and a corporate entity that collects the couple’s book royalties. In comparison, President Joe Biden earns $400,000 annually for being president.

    Jill Biden wrote two books: Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops based on her stepson Beau’s military deployment, and her memoir, Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself.

    Their 2023 tax return also showed that Biden donated $20,477 to charity, roughly 3.3% of their income. Compared to 2022, the Bidens’ gross income was $579,514. They paid $169,820 in combined federal, Delaware, and Virginia income taxes. 

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  • Jill Biden: ‘I Hit That On The Daily’

    Jill Biden: ‘I Hit That On The Daily’

    EAST HAMPTON, NY—Defending her 81-year-old husband in the wake of his highly criticized debate performance, first lady Jill Biden reportedly assured an audience of Democratic donors Monday that she “hit[s] that on the daily,” referring to President Joe Biden. “To any doubters of my husband’s virility, let me just start out by saying that I hit that every single night, and it’s magnificent,” Dr. Biden said at a fundraiser, winking as she held up a special cushion that she claimed she had to sit on during her flight to New York while icing her “worn out” pelvis. “No, my husband is not a young man, but his age doesn’t prevent him from regularly pounding the ever-living shit out of me, raw and wet. You may rest assured that our nation’s commander in chief is relaxed and clear-minded each day from having busted so hard the night before. For anyone wondering if Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is still up to the task of the presidency, I submit as evidence the handprints on my raw red ass, which show the man in the Oval Office is a pure fuck machine capable of making me come again and again and again, the way the leader of the free world should.” Dr. Biden went on to say that the president only stumbled during the debate last week because his mouth was so tired from a night spent “jowls deep” in her pussy.

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  • After president’s debate debacle, Jill Biden delivering the message that they’re still all in

    After president’s debate debacle, Jill Biden delivering the message that they’re still all in

    EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. – Jill Biden was right at her husband’s side Saturday as they exited Air Force One to head for a pair of campaign stops at luxurious vacation homes on Long Island. And she got straight to the point when it was her turn to introduce the president at a tony fundraiser.

    “Joe isn’t just the right person for the job. He’s the only person for the job,” she declared.

    The first lady also told donors, “Anyone can tell you what they want to do, but Joe Biden can tell you what he’s done with his judgment, his experience, and his relationships with leaders across the globe.”

    The first lady is trying to rally support for her husband after a dreadful performance in Thursday’s presidential debate created fresh worries about President Joe Biden’s age and his ability to compete in November’s election and to serve another four years.

    The community college professor has been by her husband’s side since he exited the debate stage as he faces what could be a defining challenge of his presidency — the president says that democracy itself is on the line in his race against former President Donald Trump.

    It’s a reflection of the first lady’s influence, her love of her husband and the pressure confronting an 81-year-old candidate whom many voters worry is too old to serve another term as president. While Trump’s wife has been noticeably absent from the campaign trail, Jill Biden has taken a leading role, wearing a dress Friday decorated with the word “Vote.”

    Less than 24 hours after her husband’s disastrous debate, she stood before a crowd in Greenwich Village and spoke glowingly about her husband without any nod to the swirling controversy over whether he is up to another term.

    “Joe will never stop fighting for this country and for communities like this one,” she said at an event at the Stonewall National Monument, a symbol of LGBTQ+ pride. “That’s who Joe is. He wakes up every morning thinking about how he can make the lives of Americans better.”

    She was more frank, though, later in the day at a LGBTQ fundraiser in the city, saying of her husband’s debate performance, “I know it’s on your minds.”

    “As Joe said earlier today, he’s not a young man,” she allowed. “And you know, after last night’s debate, he said, ‘You know, Jill, I don’t know what happened. I didn’t feel that great.’ And I said, ‘Look, Joe, we are not going to let 90 minutes define the four years that you’ve been president.’”

    The first lady went on to deliver a spirited defense of the president’s abilities, signaling there was no stepping back from his intent — their intent, really — for him to press forward with his campaign.

    “What my husband does know how to do is tell the truth,“ she said. “When Joe gets knocked down, Joe gets back up, and that’s what we’re doing today.”

    Jill Biden, 73, has long been her husband’s chief confidant and public defender, but her role looms larger this year and is attracting increasing scrutiny from Trump supporters, some of whom question whether she’s the one doing the steering these days.

    When the first lady gripped the president’s hand as he left the debate stage on Thursday night after his halting performance, Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas reposted the video on X with the question, “Who is the Commander in Chief?”

    Jill Biden, early on reluctant to embrace the role of political spouse, is all in.

    Earlier in the year, when voters were in denial that Biden truly would seek another term, it was Jill Biden who squashed the idea he might not go through with it.

    “How many times does he have to say it for you to believe it?” the first lady told The Associated Press in a February interview during a trip to Africa. She added, “He says he’s not done. He’s not finished what he’s started. And that’s what’s important.”

    As a native of the Philadelphia area, her tone has grown increasingly feisty as she has told supporters that Trump has gotten “my Philly up.” But the race with the former Republican is tight and she told the fundraising gathering on Friday that, “We have to work harder than we’ve ever worked before.”

    She doesn’t just talk up her husband’s best attributes, she regularly recounts stories of their courtship and life together for supporters. During Friday’s events, she told the LGBTQ+ gatherings that Trump is a “threat” to their rights and “we can’t let him win,” a sign that she won’t shy from the gritty business of politics.

    Last month, the first lady delivered a commencement address to community college students in Arizona, where she talked about ignoring the doubters and pushing forward with their goals.

    “The next time someone tells you that you ‘can’t,’ you’re going to say, ‘Oh yeah? Watch me,’” she said.

    It was an echo of the words her husband has used on multiple occasions when questioned about his ability to do the job for another four years: “Watch me.”

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  • Back from France, the first lady attends Hunter Biden’s gun trial as prosecution wraps up

    Back from France, the first lady attends Hunter Biden’s gun trial as prosecution wraps up

    WILMINGTON, Del. – Federal prosecutors aimed to wrap up their gun case against Hunter Biden on Friday with two final witnesses in their effort to prove that the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun purchase form when he said he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs.

    Prosecutors called an FBI forensic chemist, Jason Brewer, who tested a residue found on the leather pouch that contained Hunter Biden’s gun. It came back positive for cocaine, though the amount was minimal, he told jurors. His testimony is capping a week that has been largely dedicated to highlighting the seriousness of Hunter Biden’s drug problem through highly personal and often revealing testimony.

    Jurors heard Thursday from Hunter Biden’s his ex-wife and a former girlfriend who testified about his habitual crack use and their failed efforts to help him get clean. They saw images of the president’s son bare-chested and disheveled in a filthy room, and half-naked holding crack pipes. And they watched video of his crack cocaine weighed on a scale.

    Prosecutor say the evidence is necessary to prove that Hunter, 54, was in the throes of addiction when he bought the gun and therefore lied when he checked “no” on the form that asked whether he was “an unlawful user of, or addicted to” drugs.

    His attorney, Abbe Lowell, has argued Hunter did not think of himself as an “addict” when he bought the gun and did not intend to deceive anyone.

    Meanwhile, President Joe Biden worked to walk the line between president and father, telling ABC in an interview that he would accept the jury’s verdict and ruling out a pardon for his son. Earlier this week, he issued a statement saying: “I am the President, but I am also a Dad. Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today.”

    Biden is in France this week for D-Day anniversary events. First lady Jill Biden, who attended court most of the week, flew from France Thursday to be at the trial again Friday before she will return to France for a state dinner.

    Hunter Biden been charged with three felonies: lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false claim on the application by saying he was not a drug user and illegally having the gun for 11 days.

    He has pleaded not guilty. He had hoped to resolve the gun case and another separate tax case in California with a plea deal last year, the result of a yearslong investigation into his business dealings. The deal had him pleading guilty to lower-level charges that would have resolved both cases and spared him the spectacle of a trial so close to the 2024 election. It fell apart after Judge Maryellen Noreika questioned unusual aspects of the proposed agreement and the lawyers couldn’t resolve them.

    Hunter Biden said he got charged because the Justice Department bowed to pressure from Republicans who argued the Democratic president’s son was getting special treatment, and who have escalated their attacks on the criminal justice system since Donald Trump’s recent conviction in New York City in a hush money case.

    Lowell said he would call the president’s brother James as a witness, but it’s unclear yet whether Hunter Biden will testify.

    But jurors have already heard his voice. Prosecutors have played lengthy audio excerpts in court of his 2021 memoir “Beautiful Things,” in which he writes about his lifelong addiction issues and spiraling descent after death of his brother Beau in 2015. The book, written after he got sober, covers the period he had the gun but doesn’t mention it specifically.

    Lowell has said Hunter Biden’s state of mind was different when he wrote the book than when he purchased the gun, when he didn’t believe he had an addiction. He pointed out to jurors that some of the questions on the firearms transaction record are in the present tense, such as “are you an unlawful user of or addicted to” drugs.

    And he’s suggested Hunter Biden might have felt he had a drinking problem at the time, but not a drug problem. Alcohol abuse doesn’t preclude a gun purchase.

    The reason law enforcement raised any questions about the revolver is because Hallie Biden, Beau’s widow, found it unloaded in Hunter’s truck on Oct. 23, 2018, panicked and tossed it into a garbage can at a nearby market. She testified about the episode Thursday.

    She told jurors she considered hiding the gun but thought her kids might find it, so she decided to throw it away.

    “I realize it was a stupid idea now, but I was panicking,” she said. “I didn’t want him to hurt himself, and I didn’t want my kids to find it and hurt themselves.”

    Hallie Biden, who had a brief romantic relationship with Hunter after Beau died, testified that from the time Hunter returned to Delaware from a 2018 trip to California until she threw his gun away, she did not see him using drugs. That time period included the day he bought the weapon.

    But much of her testimony focused on Oct. 23, 2018 — 11 days after he bought it. Hunter was staying with her and seemed exhausted. Asked by the prosecutor if it appeared that Hunter was using drugs around then, she said, “He could have been.”

    As Hunter slept in her home, Hallie Biden went to check his car. She said she was hoping to help him get or stay sober, free of both alcohol and cocaine. She said she found the remnants of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia. She also found the gun Hunter purchased in a box with a broken lock that kept it from fully closing. There was ammunition too.

    She put in a leather pouch put the pouch in a bag and tossed it into in the trash can at Janssen’s Market. He noticed it missing and asked her whether she had taken it.

    “Are you insane?” he texted. He told her to go back to the market to look for it.

    Surveillance footage played for jurors showed her digging around in the trash can for the gun, but it wasn’t there. She asked store officials if someone had taken out the trash. Hallie testified Hunter told her to file a police report because the gun was registered in his name. She called the police while she was still at the store.

    Officers located the man who inadvertently took the gun along with other recyclables from the trash and retrieved it. The case was eventually closed because of lack of cooperation from Hunter Biden, who was considered the victim.

    Jurors also heard from the officers who handled the case, from the man who found the gun and from the store clerk who sold Hunter the revolver.

    If convicted, Hunter Biden faces up to 25 years in prison, though first-time offenders do not get anywhere near the maximum, and it’s unclear whether the judge would give him time behind bars.

    He also faces a separate trial in September on charges of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes.

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    This story’s headline has been corrected to show the prosecution, not the defense, has 2 more witnesses.

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  • Trump leads Biden in 6 of 7 swing states, new poll shows

    Trump leads Biden in 6 of 7 swing states, new poll shows

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  • Jill Biden Outrageously Compares The Free State Of Florida To Nazi Germany

    Jill Biden Outrageously Compares The Free State Of Florida To Nazi Germany

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    The First Lady Jill Biden hit a new low over the weekend when she outrageously compared the Republican-led state of Florida to Nazi Germany as she desperately tries to campaign for her husband amidst his abysmal approval ratings.

    Jill’s Insane Nazi Germany Comparison

    While speaking to an audience of Democrats in California who had paid $100,000 a ticket to see her, Jill claimed that $100,000 a ticket.

    “History teaches us that democracies don’t disappear overnight,” Jill said, according to Daily Mail. “They disappear slowly, subtly silently. A book ban a court decision, a Don’t Say Gay law.”

    “Before World War Two, I’m told, Berlin was the center of LGBTQ culture in Europe,” she continued. “One group of people loses their rights and then another, and then another, until one morning you wake up and you no longer live in a democracy.”

    “MAGA Republicans are waging battles over our choices, our futures, and trying to drag us back to a dark and dangerous path,” Jill later added.

    Related: Jill Biden Humiliated As She’s Met By Protesters At Vermont Fundraising Event

    Social Media Users Fire Back

    Unfortunately for Jill, however, social media users made it clear that they weren’t buying what she had to say.

    “Enough with the Nazi references,” one user wrote. “Every time these people compare their political opposition to Nazis they diminish the horrors of actual victims of the Third Reich endured. This rhetoric is disgusting.”

    “Did she mention Jews at all? I didn’t hear it. Is she trying to equate LGBTQ to the Jews murdered by Nazis?” questioned a second user, with a third adding, “No one is trying to ban books but not all books belong in the elementary school library.”

    Related: Jill Biden’s White House ‘Work Husband’ Accused Of Sexual Harassment – ‘Classic Me Too’

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    This came days after Florida settled a lawsuit over what Democrats have falsely described as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, with Governor Ron DeSantis describing this as a “major win” for conservatives. This law, which was made in 2022, banned instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through the third grade, and last year it was expanded to all grades.

    Two years ago, DeSantis defended the law during a press conference in which he stood in front of books that had been found in school libraries across Florida. The books disturbingly featured minors engaging in sexual activity as well as directions on how to masturbate, engage in sex acts or download apps that make it easier to have “casual intercourse.”

    DeSantis ripped Democrats for pushing the “hoax” that removing these books from school libraries was “book banning.”

    “I just think parents, when they’re sending their kids to school, they should not have to worry about this garbage being in the schools,” DeSantis said.

    Jill Will Say Anything To Get Joe Reelected

    With President Joe Biden more unpopular than ever, Jill has been working overtime to try to make him look competent enough to deserve a second term.

    “He can do it,” Jill said back in January when asked if her husband can physically handle a second term, according to The Mail. “I see Joe every day. I see him out, you know, traveling around this country. I see his vigor. I see his energy. I see his passion every single day.”

    It’s clear at this point that Jill will say anything to get her husband reelected. While the most devoted Democrats will eat up her “Nazi Germany” comparisons just like they do everything else that she says, the average American is not buying what she’s selling.

    In the end, Jill might want to start packing her bags now, because it’s looking like she won’t be living in the White House at this time next year.

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  • Jill Biden’s Email Blasting the Special Counsel Report Raised a Ton of Money for Joe: Report

    Jill Biden’s Email Blasting the Special Counsel Report Raised a Ton of Money for Joe: Report

    One of the most bizarre subplots of the 2024 presidential race is that being charged with dozens of felonies has helped Donald Trump raise money off of being an accused criminal. Joe Biden, meanwhile, has zero indictments to his name. And while that should be a good thing, it doesn‘t exactly get the people revved up like an all-caps subject line à la “THEY’RE TAKING MY FREEDOM AND YOU COULD BE NEXT UNLESS YOU DONATE BELOW NOW!”

    Still, the president did just rake in a large amount of cash—thanks to special counsel Robert Hur’s decision to describe him as an “elderly man with a poor memory,” and Jill Biden’s decision to give the guy a piece of her mind.

    Per NBC News:

    First lady Jill Biden was deeply offended and personally motivated to issue a response after special counsel Robert Hur released his report last week alleging that the president could not remember when their son died and struggled to recall other key details, according to two people familiar with the discussions…Biden’s message Saturday quickly raised more money than any other email the campaign has sent out since the president launched his re-election campaign in April, a campaign official said. The person would not disclose how much it raised.  

    The lengthy statement did not include a specific financial ask to supporters, but it did include a donate button at the end of the note, which was signed: “Love, Jill.”

    In her message, the first lady said the notion that the president has memory problems is “inaccurate,” and that Hur’s claims to the contrary are clearly “personal political attacks.” Responding to the special counsel’s assertion that Joe Biden had difficulty remembering exactly when his son Beau died, Jill Biden wrote: “I don’t know what this Special Counsel was trying to achieve. We should give everyone grace, and I can’t imagine someone would try to use our son’s death to score political points. If you’ve experienced a loss like that, you know that you don’t measure it in years — you measure it in grief. May 30th is a day forever etched on our hearts. It shattered me, it shattered our family.” 

    As a senior campaign adviser told NBC News, “If the special counsel is going to use [the first lady’s] dead son as a political weapon, she’s going to have something to say about it — so she said it.”

    Shortly after Hur’s report was released, the president told reporters his memory is “fine,” adding, of the special counsel’s claims re: Beau Biden’s death, “How in the hell dare he raise that?” Democrats have called the report a politically motivated smear job.

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  • First lady questions whether special counsel referenced son’s death to score political points

    First lady questions whether special counsel referenced son’s death to score political points

    WILMINGTON, Del. – First lady Jill Biden said in an email to campaign donors on Saturday she didn’t know what the special counsel was trying to achieve when he suggested President Joe Biden could not remember when his oldest son died.

    ”We should give everyone grace, and I can’t imagine someone would try to use our son’s death to score political points,” she wrote. “If you’ve experienced a loss like that, you know that you don’t measure it in years — you measure it in grief.”

    It was an emphatic defense of her husband in a note to supporters as Biden’s team worked to alleviate Democratic concerns over the alarms raised by a special counsel about Biden’s age and memory, in a report determining that Biden would not be charged with any criminal activity for possessing classified documents after he left office.

    Special Counsel Robert Hur, a Republican former U.S. attorney appointed by Donald Trump, found the president should not face charges for retaining the documents, and described as a hypothetical defense that the 81-year-old president could show his memory was “hazy,” “fuzzy,” “faulty,” “poor” and having “significant limitations,” and added that during an interview with investigators that Biden couldn’t recall ”even within years” when his oldest son Beau had died.

    “Believe me, like anyone who has lost a child, Beau and his death never leave him,” Jill Biden said.

    It was an unusually personal observation for a special counsel investigating the president’s handling of classified documents. Beau Biden died in 2015 from a brain tumor. It’s something that Biden speaks of regularly, and cites as both a reason why he didn’t run in 2016 and a later motivator for his successful 2020 run.

    “May 30th is a day forever etched on our hearts,” Jill Biden said in a note to supporters about the day Beau Biden died. “It shattered me, it shattered our family. … What helped me, and what helped Joe, was to find purpose. That’s what keeps Joe going, serving you and the country we love.”

    The references to Beau Biden in Hur’s report enraged the president, who later said: “How in the hell dare he raise that?”

    Biden mentioned that he had sat for five hours of interviews with Hur’s team over two days on Oct. 8 and 9, “even though Israel had just been attacked on October 7th and I was in the middle of handling an international crisis.”

    Voters have been concerned about his age. In an August poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs, 77% of U.S. adults said Biden is too old to be effective for four more years. It was one of the rare sources of bipartisan agreement during a politically polarized era, with 89% of Republicans and 69% of Democrats saying Biden’s age is a problem.

    “Joe is 81, that’s true, but he’s 81 doing more in an hour than most people do in a day. Joe has wisdom, empathy, and vision,” Jill Biden said. “His age, with his experience and expertise, is an incredible asset and he proves it every day.”

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  • First Lady Jill Biden promotes moonshot effort in visit to Charlotte’s Levine cancer center

    First Lady Jill Biden promotes moonshot effort in visit to Charlotte’s Levine cancer center


    First Lady Jill Biden came to Charlotte Friday to spread awareness about the Biden Cancer Moonshot program — a fight against a disease that claims the lives of over 600,000 Americans each year.

    Biden, whose son Beau Biden died from cancer in 2015, visited Atrium Health Levine Cancer to talk about the Biden administration’s efforts to expand access to patient navigation services and financial challenges. She was joined by city officials and medical professionals, who shared stories about losing family members to cancer. She didn’t take questions from reporters during her visit, but she thanked the media for the coverage.

    “It’s so important that we find a way to help families afford their cancer treatments and everything else that is involved,” Biden said about the associated expenses.

    The Atrium Health Levine Cancer efforts include helping patients receive access to medical care, identifying needs and barriers such as transportation and food insecurities as well as providing resources for support. The program also provides financial assistance to help patients with hardships.

    “We’re here because cancer is a thief,” said Dr. Ruben Mesa, president and executive director of the center. “It seals from our patients and their loved ones.”

    The center is the largest cancer program in the Carolinas and one of the largest in the Southeast. It’s supported by research from the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center. This year marks its 50th as a Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute. Only 5% have that distinction for meeting high standards, Atrium officials said.

    Meanwhile, the moonshot program wants to prevent more than 4 million cancer deaths by 2047 and to improve experiences of people impacted by cancer. It launched in 2016 during the Obama-Biden Administration and was reignited after Joe Biden was elected.

    President Biden also formed the Cancer Cabinet with agencies from across the federal government and the National Cancer Institute.

    First Lady Biden on Friday spoke about her son passing away from cancer at the age of 46 and having to find purpose.

    “That’s the only way you can sort of take something that’s so horrible and so devastating and turn it into something good,” Biden said. “That’s what you done. So, I thank you for this.”

    While praising the medical and financial efforts of Atrium, she spoke about being lucky to have access to really good care, while having private insurance.

    “But so many people do not,” Biden said. “It just depletes their bank accounts.”

    Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, a breast cancer survivor, alluded Friday to positive changes in the way medical professionals think about cancer and how they’re working with patients.

    “I’m just so grateful that our residents have the possibility to come to a place where they do have a support system,” Lyles said.

    After visiting Charlotte, the First Lady flew to Nashville’s airport to participate in a political event in Franklin, Tenn.

    Chase Jordan is a business reporter for The Charlotte Observer, and has nearly a decade of experience covering news in North Carolina. Prior to joining the Observer, he was a growth and development reporter for the Wilmington StarNews. The Kansas City native is a graduate of Bethune-Cookman University.



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  • Jill Biden Whines About How Republicans Are Treating Hunter – ‘What They Are Doing… Is Cruel’

    Jill Biden Whines About How Republicans Are Treating Hunter – ‘What They Are Doing… Is Cruel’

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    The First Lady Jill Biden is speaking out in a new interview to whine about how Republicans are treating her son Hunter Biden, accusing them of being “cruel.”

    Jill Defends Hunter – Attacks Republicans

    While being interviewed by MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski, Jill was quick to defend Hunter amidst the onslaught of attacks on him from Republicans.

    “I think what they are doing to Hunter is cruel,” she said, according to The Hill. “And I’m really proud of how Hunter has rebuilt his life after addiction.”

    “You know, I love my son and it’s had — it’s hurt my grandchildren,” she added. “And that’s what I’m so concerned about, that it’s affecting their lives as well.”

    Jill’s interview aired the day after House Republicans voted to advance a contempt of Congress resolution against Hunter, teeing up a full House vote and the potential for criminal charges against the son of the president.

    Related: Hunter Biden Flees Committee Hearing After Nancy Mace Tells Him To His Face ‘You Have No Balls’ and Should Be ‘Arrested Right Here And Right Now’

    Jill Slams Republican Attacks On Her Family

    Jill went on to address the frequent Republican attacks on the Biden family, specifically the rhetoric that is used.

    “I mean, to look at it, what we used to have, and what the other side, the extremists have turned this country into,” Jill said. “I mean, we would never see things like that, say 10 years ago.”

    Of course, Jill made no mention of the way that Democrats have spoken about and treated the former President Donald Trump and his family over the years. When it came to the Trumps, no attack was too below the belt for leftists, and no attempt to destroy their lives went too far. Now that it’s Hunter Biden in the hot seat, however, liberals like Jill are suddenly losing their minds over rhetoric and politically motivated “witch hunts.”

    Related: Viewers Think Jill Biden Had To Race To Lead Confused President Away from Podium

    Jill Defends Joe’s Age

    Elsewhere in the interview, Jill defended her husband Joe Biden from frequent claims that he is too old to be president. He is currently 81 years-old, and he would be 86 by the end of his second term if he is reelected, according to Politico. Despite mass fears over this, Jill claims that Joe’s age is an “asset.”

    “I see his vigor, I see his energy, I see his passion every single day,” said Jill, 72. “He has wisdom, he has experience.”

    “He can do it. And I see Joe every day. I see him out, traveling around this country. I see his vigor, I see his energy, I see his passion every, single day,” she added. “I say his age is an asset. He is experienced. He knows every leader on the world stage. He’s lived history. He knows history. He’s thoughtful in his decisions. He’s is the right man, the right person for the job at this moment in history.”

    Unfortunately for Jill, however, the bulk of the country disagrees with her. Last August, a Wall Street Journal poll found that 73 percent of registered voters considered Joe to be “too old to run for president.” Joe also ended 2023 with an extremely low 39% approval rating.

    Ignoring her husband’s unpopularity, Jill stuck to her guns, claiming it is crucial that he wins this year’s election.

    “We have to win. We must win. We cannot let go of our democracy,” Jill said, to which Brzezinski asked, “And if you don’t?”

    “I don’t know,” Jill replied. “I can’t think about it.”

    Sorry, Jill, but the rest of us can think about it, and there are millions of Americans out there who would love to live in a world where your husband is no longer president!

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  • Joe Biden Tells Guests At Hollywood Fundraiser, “You’re The Reason That Donald Trump Is A Former President”; Pro-Palestinian Protesters Demonstrate Loudly Outside Event — Update

    Joe Biden Tells Guests At Hollywood Fundraiser, “You’re The Reason That Donald Trump Is A Former President”; Pro-Palestinian Protesters Demonstrate Loudly Outside Event — Update

    President Joe Biden told the crowd at a fundraiser this evening, “You’re the reason that Donald Trump is a former president, or he hates when I say it, a defeated president.”

    At the Holmby Hills home of designer Michael Smith and former ambassador James Costos, Biden spent a substantial part of his 11 minutes of his remarks warning of his likely rival next year as a threat to democracy, a contrast that many of the president’s die-hard supporters believe will help boost turnout and donations as the 2024 campaign gets in full swing.

    “Literally, I believe, the future of democracy is at stake,” Biden said, according to a pool report. “The greatest threat Trump poses is to our democracy, because if we lost that, we lose everything.”

    A large group of pro-Palestinian protesters was outside the security perimeter near a Holmby Hills Park, and videos posted on social media showed demonstrators attempting to surround cars and chanting as police officers escorted attendees into the event. The demonstrators were heard chanting “ceasefire now” and “free Palestine” and accusing the president of supporting genocide. According to the pool report, the sound of sirens and helicopters could be heard as the program went on.

    The president talked of Trump’s behavior on January 6, 2021, when the then-president was watching TV coverage of the attack on the Capitol from a West Wing dining room, as a mob searched for his vice president.

    “It’s despicable. It’s simply despicable,” Biden said, then saying, a bit facetiously, “My guess is that he won’t show up at my next inauguration.”

    Biden also referred to Trump’s comments earlier this week, in which the former president told Sean Hannity that he would not abuse power in a second term except for the first day of his presidency, when he would close the border and expand drilling.

    “The other day [Trump] said, ‘He would be a dictator only one day. That God. Only one day,” Biden said sarcastically.

    “He embraces political violence instead of rejecting it,” Biden said.

    Earlier, First Lady Jill Biden said that she was “so glad that Joe is our president during these uncertain times,” and she also asked the crowd to recall their feeling after Trump won in 2016, according to Reuters. “We have to begin now,” she said.

    Co-hosts of the event included Steven Spielberg, Shonda Rhimes and Rob Reiner, as well as Peter Chernin and Jim Gianopulos. Lenny Kravitz was scheduled to perform.

    Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced Biden, following speakers including First Lady Jill Biden and Costos. Other politicos there included California Governor Gavin Newsom, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Bass’s rival in last year’s election, Rick Caruso, was a co-host of the night’s event.

    The LAPD and Secret Service had beefed up security in the expectation of protests.

    Last month, pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested outside a Los Angeles fundraiser headlined by Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.

    PREVIOUSLY: President Joe Biden arrived at LAX late on Friday afternoon to kickoff a weekend of fundraising, starting with a Hollywood-centric event hosted by designer Michael Smith and James Costos, the former U.S. ambassador to Spain.

    Biden and a number of White House staffers then rook Marine One to Santa Monica Airport, and he is motorcading to the event. Among those greeting Biden were California Governor Gavin Newsom, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

    The Los Angeles Police Department sent out an advisory warning motorists “in the West Los Angeles area, including Century City, Pico-Robertson, and Beverly Hills adjacent, can expect intermittent street closures today. Please plan for traffic delays and avoid the area if possible.”

    According to videos posted on social media, dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, chanting “ceasefire now,” lined up near a Holmby Hills park, where Los Angeles police officers and the Secret Service had set up a security fence perimeter near the home where the event will take place.

    The LAPD had earlier warned of protest activity expected throughout the weekend.

    “The Department will continue to work with any protest organizers to facilitate lawful demonstrations while protecting the safety of all involved including surrounding communities.  Violence of any kind will not be tolerated,” the LAPD said.

    First Lady Jill Biden arrived earlier in Los Angeles, and toured the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center and Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars Sinai.

    The California Republican Party, meanwhile, has weighed in with a blast at the presidential visit.

    Party chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson said in a statement, “If President Biden is expecting a warm welcome from the Golden State today, he hasn’t been paying attention to local polls that show his approval at record lows among Californians. It seems even deep-blue California can’t get behind his disastrous agenda of high inflation, open borders, weak foreign policy, failing schools, and rampant crime. No amount of time spent rubbing elbows with Hollywood elites while bragging about the imaginary merits of ‘Bidenomics’ will change the fact that Joe Biden’s presidency is an abject failure.”

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    3 killed in Jerusalem shooting amid Gaza cease-fire; National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony goes smoothly 2 days after tree was toppled by wind

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    Two days after powerful wind gusts downed the National Christmas Tree outside the White House, the tree’s lighting ceremony, attended by President Biden and first lady Jill Biden, went smoothly Thursday.

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  • Rosalynn Carter funeral: Watch live as Jimmy Carter and all 5 living first ladies attend service

    Rosalynn Carter funeral: Watch live as Jimmy Carter and all 5 living first ladies attend service

    A memorial service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter is underway in Atlanta, where former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, President Biden and first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and all five living current and former first ladies — Jill Biden, Melania Trump, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton — have gathered at what is being billed as a “tribute service” at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church on the Emory University campus.

    The last time all of the living first ladies attended an event together was in 2018 at the funeral of former President George H.W. Bush at the Washington National Cathedral. All living current and former presidents and first ladies, including Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter and the Trumps, attended the service.

    The casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter is seen during a memorial service at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta on Tuesday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

    The casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter is seen during a memorial service at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta on Tuesday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

    Before that, in 2007, all current and former presidents and first ladies at that time, including George H.W. Bush, Barbara Bush, the Carters and Nancy Reagan, attended the funeral of former President Gerald Ford in Washington.

    Rosalynn Carter died last week at 96. She had entered home hospice care in Plains, Ga., after being diagnosed with dementia.

    Jimmy Carter, the 39th and longest-living president in American history, turned 99 on Oct. 1. In February, he decided to forgo further medical treatment for an undisclosed illness and entered hospice care at his home.

    Former President Jimmy Carter arrives at a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta on Tuesday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)Former President Jimmy Carter arrives at a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta on Tuesday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

    Former President Jimmy Carter arrives at a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta on Tuesday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

    The Carters made their last public appearance in September, when they attended the Plains Peanut Festival a week before Jimmy Carter’s 99th birthday. The couple waved to parade attendees from the back of an SUV.

    Following Tuesday’s memorial service in Atlanta, Rosalynn Carter will be taken back to Plains for a private funeral on Wednesday at Maranatha Baptist Church, the couple’s home church. From there the casket will then be transferred to a hearse and depart for private interment at the Carter family residence. Jimmy Carter plans to be buried next to her.

    A military honor guard carries the casket of Rosalynn Carter in Atlanta ahead of a memorial service Tuesday. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)A military honor guard carries the casket of Rosalynn Carter in Atlanta ahead of a memorial service Tuesday. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

    A military honor guard carries the casket of Rosalynn Carter in Atlanta ahead of a memorial service Tuesday. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

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    A guest looks at the program prior to a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta on Tuesday. (Brynn Anderson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) A guest looks at the program prior to a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta on Tuesday. (Brynn Anderson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

    A guest looks at the program prior to a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta on Tuesday. (Brynn Anderson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

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