“Not only had I not expected a random call from Joe Biden, but I could never have imagined he would make that call to ask me out. I've been asked if I was starstruck by the fact that a U.S. senator thought I was worth a call, but I honestly wasn't. I was flattered that someone I'd heard of was interested.”

American educator

Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden is an American educator and public figure who served as first lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025. She was also second lady from 2009 to 2017, as the wife of Joe Biden, and taught English at Northern Virginia Community College from 2009 to 2024. She is noted for keeping a professional career while living in the national spotlight, including as the first first lady to hold a salaried job through most of her husband’s presidency. Her public role has been closely tied to education, teaching, and the long years she spent in national political life.