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• Is of English, Scottish, and Italian descent.
• Was born in her grandparents'house in Hammonton, New Jersey.
• Was raised in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
• Was proposed several times by her husband, Joe, to marry him.
• Met her husband, Joe, on a blind date arranged by her brother-in-law.
• In 1993, she founded the Biden Breast Health Initiative, a nonprofit organization to provide free health awareness programs of breast health to schools and communities in Delaware.
• In 2012, she released a children's book with their family experience as deployed soldier family.
• Is an adjunct professor at the Northern Virginia Community College in Virginia.
• Is the first lady in office with a doctorate degree.
• Has been an advocate for the economic empowerment and education of girls and women worldwide, community colleges, cancer education, prevention, and many other causes over the years.