Ashley Biden likes to stay out of the national spotlight. But the president’s daughter is stepping into it Monday night when she introduces her father at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Who is the president’s elusive daughter? Here’s what to know about Ashley Biden.
Who is Ashley Biden?
Ashley Biden, 43, is a social worker from Wilmington, Delaware, where she has worked in mental health and family services for most of her career.
She worked for the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families before stepping in to head the Delaware Center for Justice, a nonprofit which provides social services to Delaware residents impacted by the criminal justice system.
In 2019, she stepped down from the Delaware Center for Justice to work on her father’s campaign.
According to a 2023 profile in Elle, Ashley Biden is now pursuing a doctorate in clinical social work at the University of Pennsylvania. She hopes to open a wellness space for women experiencing trauma.
Who is Ashley Biden’s mom?
First Lady Jill Biden is Ashley Biden’s mother. Ashley Biden is her mother’s only child and the only child between the first lady and the president.
The first lady, 73, is a former school teacher. She served as Second Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
Who are President Joe Biden’s other children?
President Joe Biden has had four children. Two of them, Hunter and Ashley Biden, are still alive today.
In 1972, Joe Biden lost his then-wife Neilia and infant child Naomi in a car crash. Beau Biden, three at the time, survived the crash. In 2015, Beau Biden died of brain cancer during his father’s second term as Vice President.
Is Ashley Biden married?
In 2012, she married Howard Krein, an otolaryngologist and plastic surgeon from Philadelphia. They have no children together. In 2020, Krein advised the Biden campaign on its coronavirus response and faced criticism for investing in covid-related startups at the same time.
Ashley Biden has kept a low profile
The president’s only daughter has no social media presence and has “never wanted to be in the public eye,” she told Elle magazine in a March 2023 profile.
Ashley Biden spent most of her career out of the national spotlight until she joined her father’s presidential campaign in 2019.
Ashley Biden made national headlines in 2020, when a woman stole Biden’s diary from a Florida home and sold it to the far-right media group Project Veritas.
Who stole Ashley Biden’s diary?
In the summer of 2020, Florida woman Aimee Harris stole Ashley Biden’s diary and other personal belongings and sold them to right-wing news source Project Veritas for $20,000.
According to reporting from Axios, the text was a “recovery diary” from her time in a Florida rehab in 2019.
In April, Harris pleaded guilty to stealing Biden’s diary and selling it. Harris was sentenced to one month of prison and three months of house arrest, the Associated Press reported.
When will Ashley Biden speak?
Exact times are not immediately known.
Ashley Biden will hit the stage after her mother, Jill Biden. She will introduce her father.
President Joe Biden is set to speak sometime after 9:30 p.m. tonight. He will conclude the convention’s first day of programming, which ends at 10:15 p.m.
First night speakers are expected to highlight Joe Biden’s legacy as POTUS as he prepares to leave the Whitehouse and pass the torch to Kamala Harris. The theme of the first convention day is “For the People.”
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: What to know about Ashley Biden, who is speaking at the DNC in Chicago
