Over the past few years, Jill Biden has effortlessly balanced a variety of roles, including those of First Lady, educator, mother, and grandmother.
Perhaps it’s due to her extensive experience.
Being married to a politician means eventually getting involved in everything that politics entails, and Biden has been married to President Joe Biden for almost five decades. Despite the fact that Biden’s upbringing had prepared her for all of these issues, her adult life had a disastrous beginning.
At the same university where they both attended, Jill and her first husband, Bill Stevenson, met. They first met while lying on the beach in Ocean City, New Jersey. Jill was certain she would marry her love when she walked down the aisle six months later. Stevenson was a few years older than she was at the time, but she was only 18 and the future seemed bright. That was up until it wasn’t.
Jill was left with an uncertain future that didn’t resemble the one she had imagined after the couple’s divorce five years later. Then she met Joe, and a romantic tale that is still going on today was born.
The fact that Jill eventually found the love of her life gives many people hope that, just maybe, happy endings can exist; you just have to weather some storms first. For Jill, getting to the point in her life where she is happily married (and now the First Lady) wasn’t easy.
While Joe Biden was running for president in 2020, Bill Stevenson started talking to media outlets and claiming that Jill Biden had an affair with Joe Biden just before their marriage broke up. There’s something there because he also told Inside Edition at the time that he would vote for Donald Trump.
Stevenson claims that Jill first met Joe in 1972 while he was running for senator, and that their connection developed into an affair in 1974. Stevenson claimed that several incidents proved Joe and Jill were having a secret relationship.
In the beginning, one of Jill’s close friends reportedly confided in him that she was worried about Joe and Jill’s relationship, and later, Jill decided not to go see Bruce Springsteen with Stevenson in favor of watching Joe’s kids. However, it was confirmed for Stevenson when a different friend told him he had seen Joe and Jill traveling together.
For some reason, Stevenson saw this as proof positive that there was a romantic relationship between them. He told Inside Edition that when he asked Jill about the outing with Joe, “she didn’t say anything,” instead just calmly staring at him.
“You must leave.
You’ve got to find a place for yourself,'” Stevenson recalled.
Stevenson’s claims are, in accordance with Jill’s account, at best fictitious, according to her spokesman who spoke to Inside Edition.
If Bill Stevenson had not confronted Jill Biden about the relationship he suspected she had with Joe Biden many years prior, one has to wonder what might have transpired.
There are many unanswerable questions, including whether they would be married today, whether Joe would have married another woman, and whether the affair was actually happening, but Stevenson told the Daily Mail he wasn’t surprised Jill caught Joe’s attention. “Everyone who meets Jill falls in love with her right away. Stevenson acknowledged, “It’s hard not to.
After Stevenson confronted Jill about the affair and asked her to leave their home, Jill’s family allegedly tried to intervene to save the couple’s failing marriage. Her father pleaded with me to return her after learning what was going on. I refused his request to give her another chance, Stevenson said.
Like other divorces, this one was a little messy. The Stone Balloon, Steven’s music venue, was disputed in the settlement. He insisted vehemently that Jill not receive a share, which led to some conflict and disagreements that were eventually resolved after the judge ruled in Stevenson’s favor.
However, after the divorce, Stevenson found himself in legal trouble and was accused of numerous frauds. The judge did not rule in Stevenson’s favor this time. It is unknown if his and Jill’s marriage suffered as a result of their dishonest business dealings.
At the age of 24, Jill Biden was heartbroken, single, divorced, and struggling financially. Only when she was no longer receiving it did Jill realize how much she depended on her ex-husband’s income. She had little money and no job. She had no place to live and was still working toward her university degree.
She vowed she would never again rely on anyone and admitted she had no idea she would be in such dire financial straits. “I knew I would never, ever put myself in that position — where I didn’t feel like I had the finances to be on my own, and I had to get the money through a divorce settlement,” she said.
In this trying time, Jill was determined not to opt for the simple solution. Although she had a broken heart, she could have moved in with her parents but she knew she had to go it alone this time. “I believed so much in the institution of marriage,” she admitted, adding, “When the marriage fell apart, I fell hard because of that. “.
Nevertheless, she managed to pick herself up, pay her rent in the end, and earn an honors degree from the university. She came to terms with her identity and what she wanted from life during this period, despite the challenges.
After a difficult divorce, Jill Biden wasn’t looking forward to getting married again. Bill Stevenson was the man she thought she would be with forever, but their marriage only lasted five years. The First Lady writes about her whirlwind romance with Stevenson in her memoir, “Where the Light Enters.” Jill now has a different perspective on their relationship, which began just a year before their marriage.
She continued, “Looking back, it may seem like that relationship was a youthful error, but there was a time when I truly believed we were meant to be.”. “.
Naturally, Jill was reluctant to start a new relationship. Joe Biden fell in love with her right away after they met on a blind date. On “The Drew Barrymore Show,” Joe said, “When I went out with her for the first time, I knew this was the woman. Unlike Jill, who was very cautious, Joe had to ask her to marry him five times before she finally said yes.
Later on, Jill admitted to Vogue that she wanted to make sure that this marriage would endure, especially since Joe’s children were involved and had already lost their mother in a car accident. She told the newspaper, “I couldn’t have them lose another mother.”. Fortunately, Joe was a patient man, and Jill finally consented when he made it clear that the fifth proposal would be his last.
Jill Biden now acknowledges that while going through a divorce was undoubtedly one of the hardest things she has ever had to do, it played a significant part in defining her life. The First Lady has been open about the struggles she faced as a result of getting divorced at such a young age, but she has developed a strong talent for seeing the bright side of gloomy circumstances.
Jill revealed that her split from Bill Stevenson was ultimately for the best while appearing on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”. She is obviously content with the life she and Joe have built, and the knowledge she has gained has motivated her to move forward.
Clarkson said, “You know, I think now, you know, if I hadn’t gotten divorced, you know, I wouldn’t have met Joe, and I wouldn’t have the beautiful family I have now. “.
