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Patricia Talorico, The News Journal This week marks the 50th anniversary of the death of President Joe Biden’s first wife and baby daughter, a tragedy that has defined the Delawarean’s personal and political life. On the afternoon of Dec. 18, 1972, Neilia Biden, 30, pulled her Chevrolet station wagon to the then-stop sign at Valley and Limestone roads in Hockessin. She and her three young children had just gone shopping for a Christmas tree. A tractor-trailer carrying corn cobs then plowed into the Biden family’s station wagon. The car went spinning, crashing into a row of evergreen trees. The windshield was shattered. The left rear door was smashed into the car. Biden campaign literature was scattered in the street. Just six weeks earlier, Biden, then 29, won a stunning victory over Republican Sen. J. Caleb Boggs, a popular two-term incumbent. Neilia, seen by many as the brains behind her husband’s earliest political victories, and Naomi, known as Amy, were dead on arrival at the hospital. Naomi was just 13 months old. Sons Beau and Hunter, then 4 and 3 years old, were seriously injured. Biden was in Washington at the time. He was interviewing prospective staff. Two weeks after the accident, Biden was sworn into office. He stood in the chapel of Wilmington Hospital, with news cameras flashing around him. Sons Beau and Hunter watched just feet away from their hospital beds. Who is Neilia Biden? Biden met Neilia, who grew up in New York's Finger Lakes region, in 1964 on a b...

Born: November 20, 1942 (age 80) ... (Show more) Title / Office: ... (Show more) Political Affiliation: ... (Show more) Awards And Honors: Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction (2017) ... (Show more) Notable Family Members: spouse son of Joseph Robinette Biden, Sr. son of Catherine Eugenia Biden married to Jill Biden (June 17, 1977–present) married to Neilia Hunter (August 27, 1966–December 18, 1972 [her death]) father of Beau Biden (b. 1969–d. 2015) father of Naomi Biden (b. 1971–d. 1972) father of Ashley Biden (b. 1981) brother of James Biden brother of Valerie Biden Owens brother of Frank Biden ... (Show more) As vice president, Biden played an active role in the administration, serving as an influential adviser to Obama and a vocal supporter of his Beau, died from brain cancer; Biden recounted the experience in Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose (2017). Several months later, Biden—who enjoyed high favourability ratings, partly due to a candour and Biden’s close relationship with Obama was evident when the latter surprised him with the Biden Foundation, a charitable group involved in various causes. Presidential election of 2020 Biden remained involved in politics and was a vocal critic of Pres. Donald Trump. Biden himself faced Biden immediately became a front-runner, and he pursued a platform that was considered moderate, especially as compared with such candidates as In the ensuing months Biden outlined a platform that included a number o...

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Patricia Talorico, The News Journal Joe Biden's first wife But what might not be so well-remembered is she was the woman who helpedBiden make his first bigsplash onto thenationalpolitical scene. Hunter Biden's beliefin her driven, ambitious husband set himon a path that began with a seat on Delaware's New Castle County Council and has continued nearly 50years later as the Democratic presidential nominee seeksthe nation's highest office. Although she had a master's degree, Neiliawas often described in stories from The News Journal archivesas "pretty," "strikingly attractive and utterly charming" and noted for her "beauty queen" looks. However, the 30-year-oldbeauty also was the "brains," as Joe liked to say, behind his rapidpolitical ascent and he widely credits her with being"a more instinctive pol than I was." 'No vaccine for racism': "She was just a dynamo. She was bubbly, enthusiastic. She could get you to do anything on the campaign. You could never say no to Neilia," said Karen Peterson, a formerDemocratic Delaware state senatorfrom 2003 to 2017, who knew Neilia and volunteered on Biden's first Senate campaign. "She was the energy behind his campaign. She and Valerie, Joe's sister, were the glue of the campaign. Valerie was the strategist and Neilia was like the head cheerleader. She was rah, rah, rah. She was magnetic," Peterson said. Neilia, who was married to Joe for six years, didn'tlive to see her husband occupythe Senate office he held continuously for Delaware ...