Archive picture of Biden with his family
Every great man has a story and the saying, “behind every successful man, there is a woman," might be true. Like many well-educated politicians, Joe Biden, the Democrats presidential candidate who defeated Trump to become the next US president has both a remarkable and sad family-life story.
The Wife is a teacher, the son is a lawyer, the daughter is the head of a public organization: this is the Joe Biden family, which he brought to the stage during his Saturday address to the nation on the occasion of his election to the presidency of the United States. Gazeta.Ru tells about Biden's children and grandchildren.
“I wouldn’t be here without the love and tireless support of my wife Jill, my son Hunter, and Ashley, my daughter, and all our grandchildren, and their spouses, and our entire family,” the US President-elect said at the beginning of his speech.
Among his relatives, he included the new Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff.
"Kamala, Doug, whether you like it or not, you are family too. You have become honorary Biden, and there is no turning back," he joked.
After that, Joe Biden was joined by his wife Jill, and after they greeted the audience together, his children with their spouses and six grandchildren appeared (the youngest arrived in the arms of his father, Hunter). Honorary Biden - Kamala Harris and Doug Ehmhoff, also appeared before the people.
America's new first family was riveted throughout the election campaign. Democrats extolled Jill Biden, comparing her, professor and Ph.D., to Melania Trump, an Eastern European model.
Meanwhile, supporters of Donald Trump have revealed unsightly facts from the biography of 50-year-old Hunter Biden.
In total, Joe Biden had four children - two of them are associated with the tragic life stories of the president-elect. One-year-old Naomi died in a car accident in 1972.
Then Biden's first wife Neilia went with her three children for Christmas shopping and a truck crashed into the car, killing the woman and the girl instantly. Joe Biden's two sons, Hunter and Bo survived.
Biden has jumped the first hurdle after winning the presidential race, the next challenge he faces now is how to subdue the ferocious attack of the COVID 19 in America.
