'Tough And Loyal' Jill Biden To Take Charge As The First Lady, America Beams Of Hope For A Positive Change

Jill Biden, an educator to become the First Lady Of America. She has been the most trusted advisor of her husband and stood rock-solid when Joe Biden faced the biggest tragedy of his life. Read on.

(From L) Ashley Biden, daughter of Joe Biden, US President-elect Joe Biden, wife Jill Biden and Hunter Biden salute the crowd after delivering remarks in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 7, 2020, after being declared the winner of the presidential election. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

With Joe Biden's victory, America is set to get a new first lady. Jill Biden who has been the second lady for 8 years since her husband was a White House insider is not new to the spotlight. In fact, people are looking up to her to transform the image of the first lady as a 21st-century woman. Also Read|'Will Restore The Soul Of America', President-Elect Joe Biden In His Victory Speech, Kamala Harris Declares 'We Did It' Jill Biden for years has been a trusted advisor to her 77-year-old husband, who defeated incumbent President Donald Trump. As first lady, she is expected to work on education issues and relaunch Joining Forces, a mission to rally around military families that she and Michelle Obama started in 2011. But she is also a professor, a mother, a grandmother, and will be performing all her duties after being the first lady of America Jill stood rock solid with Joe Biden as he faced the biggest tragedy of his life In 1972, Joe Biden faced the unthinkable -- his young wife and daughter were killed in a car crash, and he was left alone to raise his two young sons, both injured in the accident. Enter Jill Jacobs, who was born in 1951 and grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Her father rose up the ranks in banking from teller to president, and her mom was a homemaker. Jill was in the process of divorcing her first husband when she met Biden, a widower who was commuting daily from Delaware to Washington, where he served as a US senator. The couple wed in 1977, and she became "Mom" to his sons Hunter and Beau. The Bidens have a daughter, Ashley, who was born in 1981. While raising her family, Biden also earned two Master's degrees. She would eventually earn a doctorate in education, and now teaches at Northern Virginia Community College. Since then, the couple has been through two failed presidential runs, his eight years as vice president, the death of Beau Biden after a battle with cancer -- and now, a successful White House campaign. "She put us back together," Biden said in a video shown in August during the Democratic National Convention, as he described Jill's impact on the tragedy-scarred family. "She is so damn tough and loyal." After making the case for Joe Biden to be elected, she was joined by her husband who lauded her qualities as a potential first lady. "For all of you out there across the country, just think of your favourite educator who gave you the confidence to believe in yourself. That's the kind of first lady... Jill Biden will be," he said. (With agency inputs)