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Portrait of Jill Biden

Jill Biden

(1951) First Lady

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Jill Biden is a First Lady, best known for Joey.

Quick Facts About Jill Biden

Born: June 3, 1951
Profession: First Lady
Notable works: Joey

About Jill Biden

She was Second Lady from 2009 to 2017 while her husband was vice president. From 2009 to 2024 she taught English at Northern Virginia Community College. She was the first First Lady to keep a paid job and to continue her professional work outside the White House for most of her tenure.

Quotes by Jill Biden · Page 3

There is a stigma attached to community colleges, and we do need to change the narrative.

Change

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Teaching is not a job. It's a lifestyle. It permeates your whole life.

Education

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I feel that exercise really balances me. Then I layer on the other obligations that I have.

Exercise

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Cancer has been a dark thread that has run throughout my life. It's taken my friends, my parents. My beautiful son.

Beautiful

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Well, when I'm out running, people don't recognize me, which is great. I don't feel pressure; I'm not out to beat anybody…

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I mean, I deal with so many problems on a personal basis with my students and I think to myself, 'Nobody ever…

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As a community college professor for over twenty years, I've seen the determination, resilience and dedication of countless students. Regardless of circumstances,…

Anything is possible

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Women who are interested in pursuing bachelor's and master's degrees - especially in STEM fields - benefit from starting at a community…

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It was important to me that Beau and Hunter felt our family was whole, and that meant we got to define our…

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It sounds so trite to say I make a difference, but I really feel, especially in a community college, I can make…

College

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The White House is a serious place, with serious people, doing serious work. If you're not careful, it can grind you down.

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We have asked a lot of our military families and I believe they deserve the very best efforts of each of us…

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Well, I'm a runner, and I have to run with Secret Service - even though they can run twice as fast. It…

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Since Beau's death, I'm definitely shattered. I feel like a piece of china that's been glued back together again. The cracks may…

Day

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We can be proud of a president that brings families together instead of tearing them apart. A president who believes our best…

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I have always had a great deal of respect and admiration for Eleanor Roosevelt. She was a true humanitarian and champion of…

Champion

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Well, when Joe Biden is president you will no longer see this separation of families along the border. We welcome these families…

Border

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The passage of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 was a substantial victory for community colleges.

Community

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When students come to the community college, they're focused. They know what they want to do, and they have a certain amount…

College

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I had a number of part-time jobs after school in Willow Grove, but I did work for two summers in Ocean City…

City

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Many of my students don't know that I'm second lady of the United States... because, you know, it's a community college.

College

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On the campaign trail, I have the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life - from residents at a battered…

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I never used to speak at all. I always said Joe is the speaker of the family. I mean, I'd go to…

Events

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There's nothing that's more unfair or unjust than people using their power to try to make other people feel small, to tell…

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I think I am a tough grader, because I feel like it's my job to teach them to write well. I hope…

Hope

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I know the injustice of outliving a child, the pain of a future stolen away, of mourning forever a voice you'll never…

Children

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I've seen with my own students, community colleges offer an affordable route to four-year college degrees and good paying jobs.

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I mean, my students are texting me all the time. It could be 10 o'clock at night, 'Hey Dr. B., can you…

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I'm good at separating things. When I'm in my classroom, I'm totally there. When I'm at an event, I'm totally there. And…

Attention

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Jill Biden by topic

Education (31) Community (20) Community Colleges (13) Community college (12) College (12) People (11) Life (11) Family (10)