Jill Biden: podcast appearances and interviews

Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden is an American educator who served as the first lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025 and as the second lady from 2009 to 2017. She is the wife of Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, and was the second first lady to hold a salaried job during her husband's tenure. She also continued her professional career outside the White House during much of her time as first lady. Born in Hammonton, New Jersey, and raised in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, she earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Delaware, as well as master's degrees in education and English from West Chester University and Villanova University. She later obtained a doctoral degree in education from the University of Delaware. Biden spent thirteen years teaching English and reading in high schools and worked with adolescents with emotional disabilities at a psychiatric hospital. Subsequently, she taught English and writing for fifteen years at Delaware Technical & Community College. In addition to her academic work, she founded the Biden Breast Health Initiative, a nonprofit organization; co-founded the Book Buddies program, the Biden Foundation, and the organization Delaware Boots on the Ground; and co-founded Joining Forces with Michelle Obama. She has published two memoirs and three children's books, reflecting her engagement in various educational and charitable activities.