The two most high-profile women in the Biden admin. came to motherhood in different ways but share a common thread: They both stepped into the role as stepmothers. Though neither went by the title, they reflect a shifting of the 'typical' American family
At 26, Jill Jacobs became more than just a senator’s wife when she married Joe Biden. She also became a parent to his sons, Beau and Hunter after their biological mother, Neilia, was killed in a car accident along with their sister.
"When my school day was over, I'd grade papers on the bleachers while the kids played whatever sport was in season. Then I'd pile their equipment into our station wagon and rush home for dinner. Every meal I cooked had to take 30 minutes or less—otherwise, the boys would eat an entire bag of chips," Biden wrote inA few years into their marriage, she and Biden added to their family with their daughter Ashley -- with Beau and Hunter Biden getting to name their new sister.
"When she came here from India at the age of 19, she maybe didn't quite imagine this moment. But she believed so deeply in an America where a moment like this is possible, and so I am thinking about her and about the generations of women, Black women, Asian, white, Latina, Native American women, who throughout our nation’s history, have paved the way for this moment tonight," Harris recalled in her victory remarks in November 2020.
That nickname, according to Dr. Anne Brennan Malec, a clinical psychologist and founder of Symmetry Counseling, exemplifies the love and affection her stepchildren have for her.
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