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Joe Biden and Jill Biden first met in March 1975 on a blind date arranged by Joe’s brother, when Joe was a U.S. senator and Jill was a college senior; their courtship quickly deepened into a long-term...
Joe Biden earned a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science from the University of Delaware (Class of 1965) and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Syracuse University College of Law (Class of 1968) —...
Joe Biden holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Delaware (double major in history and political science, class of 1965) and a Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law (class of 1...
Joe Biden received five student deferments while in college and law school and, after a physical exam on April 5, 1968, was given a Selective Service medical classification of 1‑Y because of a history...
received five student draft deferments during the and, after graduating law school, was given a of 1‑Y (limited deferment/disqualification) because of a history of asthma; the widely circulated claim ...
The name “” refers to multiple public figures in different fields, and the available reporting yields at least three distinct educational claims tied to different people with that name: (athlete/entre...
Contemporary news reporting and biographical summaries consistently state that (then Jill Jacobs) married William “Bill” Stevenson in 1970 and that a civil divorce was finalized in 1975, but none of t...
Contemporaneous portrayals of Bill “Bill” Stevenson and — as preserved in later reporting, Stevenson's own recollections, and local retrospectives — present a consistent image: who opened a scrappy, s...
’s first husband was William “Bill” Stevenson (sometimes reported as William Stevenson), whom she married while a student; most contemporary reporting gives the marriage as beginning in 1970 and endin...
Multiple independent fact‑checking organizations examined viral claims that met when she was a teenager and acting as the family's babysitter and unanimously found those claims false, concluding the c...
Jill Biden married her first husband, Bill Stevenson, in 1970 while she was a college student at the University of Delaware . The marriage ended in divorce mid‑decade: sources report separation in 197...
Jill Biden’s early career in the 1970s was rooted in education: after completing her bachelor’s degree in English in 1975 she worked as a substitute teacher in Wilmington and then taught high‑school E...
Jill Biden’s first marriage — to Bill (William) Stevenson — lasted roughly five years: the couple married in 1970 and were divorced by 1975, a timeline reported by multiple mainstream outlets . Some a...
Available reporting shows investigators found roughly 25–30 documents with classification markings from Joe Biden’s time as senator and vice president at three places: the Penn Biden Center office, Bi...