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Jill Tracy Biden (née Jacobs, previously Stevenson; born June 3, 1951) is an American educator who is married to the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, making her the Second Lady of the United States since 2009. She was born in Hammonton, New Jersey, and grew up in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. She married Joe Biden in 1977, and became stepmother to his two young sons from his first marriage, Beau and Hunter, whose mother and baby sister died in a car accident. Joe and Jill Biden have a daughter, Ashley, born in 1981. Jill Biden has a bachelor's degree from the University of Delaware, master's degrees from West Chester University and Villanova University, and a doctoral degree from the University of Delaware. She taught English and reading in high schools for 13 years, and also taught adolescents with emotional disabilities at a psychiatric hospital. From 1993 to 2008, she was an English and writing instructor at Delaware Technical & Community College. Since 2009, she has been a professor of English at Northern Virginia Community College and is thought to be the first Second Lady to hold a paying job while her husband is Vice President. She is the founder of the (Biden Breast Health Initiative ) non-profit organization, co-founder of the (Book Buddies ) program, is active in (Delaware Boots on the Ground ), and is co-founder of (Joining Forces ) with First Lady Michelle Obama. ==Early life== Jill Tracy Jacobs was born on June 3, 1951 in Hammonton, New Jersey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=RT @whitehouse Happy birthday, @DrBiden! - Take note @Wikipedia! ) The date of June 5 given in (this 2009 ''Washington Post'' piece ) previously used in this article is incorrect.〕〔 Moving several times while very young, she and her four younger sisters spent the majority of their childhood in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meet Dr. Jill Biden )〕 Her father, Donald C. Jacobs (1927–1999),〔 was a bank teller who became head of a savings and loan in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia. His family name had originally been Giacoppa before her Italian grandfather anglicized it.〔 Her mother, Bonny Jean (Godfrey) Jacobs (1930–2008), was a homemaker. The family was not particularly religious, but in ninth grade, Jacobs independently took classes in order to join the Presbyterian church.〔 Jacobs always intended to have her own career.〔 She began working at age 15, which included waitressing at the Jersey Shore.〔 She attended Upper Moreland High School, where she was somewhat rebellious and enjoyed her social life, but always liked English class.〔 〕 She graduated in 1969. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jill Biden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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