Biden family

The Biden family is an American political family. William Biden (c. 1790–1840) left England and settled in Maryland from which the Bidens can be linked back to.[1] Irish genealogists presented Joe Biden with his Irish maternal family history on his visit there in 2016.[2]

Some members of the family include:

  • Joe Biden (Joseph R. Biden Jr.), Vice President of the United States (2009–2017), presumptive Democratic presidential nominee (2020), Democratic presidential candidate (1988, 2008), Senator from Delaware (1973–2009)
  • Beau Biden (Joseph R. Biden III) (1969–2015)[3], Attorney General of Delaware and son of Joe Biden. Two children: Natalie and Hunter.
  • Hunter Biden (Robert Hunter Biden), former businessman and son of Joe Biden.[4] He has three children with his first wife, Kathleen – daughters Naomi, Finnegan, and Maisy. Hunter is the biological and legal father of a fourth child, identified in court documents as NJR, with Lunden Roberts[5]. He has a fifth child on the way with his second wife, Melissa Cohen Biden[6].
  • Jill Biden, Former Second Lady of the United States; educator; and second wife of Joe Biden
  • Neilia Hunter Biden, first wife of Joe Biden.
  • Naomi Christina Biden (1971–1972)
  • Ashley Biden

Joe Biden married Neilia Hunter in 1966, and they had two sons and a daughter (Naomi Christina). In December 1972, while Joe Biden was Senator-elect, Neilia and Naomi were killed in a traffic crash which injured his two sons, who recovered from their injuries.[7][8] Joe Biden married his second wife, Jill, in 1977, and together they had a daughter, Ashley.[8] In May 2015, his son Beau died of brain cancer.[9]

  • Joe Biden
  • Beau Biden
  • Hunter Biden
  • Jill Biden

Footnotes

    References
    1. "William Biden". Geni family tree. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
    2. "Vice President Joe Biden's Irish family history". Retrieved March 11, 2020.
    3. Superville, Darlene (May 30, 2015). "Biden announces death of son, Beau, of brain cancer". Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 1, 2015.
    4. "Hunter Biden's lawyers exit Arkansas case, cite 'irreconcilable conflict'". Arkansas Online. December 3, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
    5. Bowden, Bill. "Judge in Arkansas paternity case says Hunter Biden must provide financial files". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
    6. Fredericks, Bill. "Hunter Biden's new wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, expecting his fifth child". New York Post. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
    7. "How the Biden Family's Tragic History Formed Their Deep, Intense Love for One Another". PEOPLE.com. March 2, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
    8. McShane, Larry (August 24, 2008). "A hard road to travel". NY Daily News. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
    9. Kane, Paul (May 30, 2015). "Beau Biden, vice president's son, dies at 46 of brain cancer". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
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