Talk:Jill Biden

Latest comment: 14 days ago by Surtsicna in topic "Doctor Jill"
Good articleJill Biden has been listed as one of the Social sciences and society good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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Encouraging Joe Biden to step aside in 2024 presidential run

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Include reference to the very many publications pointing to Jill Biden's roll in convincing Joe Biden to step aside in the 2024 presidential race based on his universally panned performance in the June 27th debate with Donald Trump. See the New York Times for reference: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/us/politics/jill-biden-says-she-reassured-the-president-in-the-moments-after-a-dismal-debate.html?searchResultPosition=2 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Calengr1 (talkcontribs) 04:54, 30 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Based at least on the article title, I think the actual situation was that she convinced Joe Biden not to step aside. Otherwise, yes it is information that can be added, though I don't have the time to do so myself. Liu1126 (talk) 05:39, 30 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Yeah there seemed to be a WP:PAYWALL for the article but I agree, the title seems to point towards Jill Biden doubling down on Joe Biden staying in the race, not dropping out. Eruditess (talk) 16:50, 10 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Geardona (talk to me?) 18:02, 30 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Her first husband Bill Stevenson

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He tells the story of working an Biden's campaign, and how he found out his then-wife Jill was having an affair with Biden because Biden crashed Jill's Corvette.

https://wabcradio.com/episode/bill-stevenson-07-03-24/ 172.56.164.132 (talk) 04:38, 6 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Stepsons removed

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Why were the stepsons removed from the info box? She practically raised them and they called her mom. cookie monster 755 02:16, 10 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Was the claim reliably sourced? If it was I could see challenging the removal of that edit. Eruditess (talk) 16:48, 10 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
Eruditess, in this recent Washington Post article here about Hunter Biden's trial: Through much of the trial, Jill Biden, Hunter’s mother, sat in the gallery. In this Washington Post discussing Jill Biden's role as Hunter's stepmom, I knew, for example, when, during the investigation into Hunter’s gun purchase, Jill Biden in 2022 told reporters, “I’m his mom,” and, “I love my son.” and furthermore, I knew that in Joe Biden’s 2007 memoir, he recalled an incident in which a magazine fact-checker called him, confused. The fact-checker had asked young Beau and Hunter questions about their “stepmother,” but the boys had responded that they didn’t have a stepmother. “Neilia would always be Mommy,” Joe writes, “but Jill was Mom.” In Hunter's deposition to Congress: “It was a way that I was going to redeem myself, is that I was going to show everybody that I was okay, that I wasn’t out of my mind in the midst of addiction, and that what I was going to do is … get my mom this beautiful corner office that was there, and she would love it, and we’d all be okay.” He refers to Jill as his mom and Jill refers to Hunter as his son. Beau and Hunter should, in my opinion, be listed in her infobox as her children with (stepson) and/or a note referencing the references I provided here. Jill did not legally adopt Beau and Hunter, but it is clear that she essentially de facto adopted them by raising them. Their biological mother Neilia Hunter Biden died when Beau and Hunter were 3 and 2, respectively. This source also explains "From ‘Jill’ to ‘Mom’ — inside Jill Biden’s relationship with Beau and Hunter". I think that her sons (stepsons) should be included. cookie monster 755 00:47, 11 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
I am considering WP:BOLD adding it, but wanted to ask for feedback first. cookie monster 755 00:50, 11 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
Looks okay to me. Be bold and add it in. Seems like you arent getting any pushback here. And if you do, you have established that it has some weight in RS. Eruditess (talk) 17:49, 11 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

"Doctor Jill"

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She is often referred to as Dr Jill, so it's important that the article explain why. Currently it's kinda buried deep in the article. To be honest I thought she was a physician, probably a lot of other people do too. It wouldn't really matter if she rarely used the "doctor" title, however she uses it very frequently. And she has every right to be proud of her education doctorate. But the clarification that her doctorate is not medical, should be more prominent in the article. Jozsefs (talk) 08:45, 22 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

The very first thing said about her is that she is an educator. If that is not clear enough to someone, they cannot be helped. Surtsicna (talk) 14:09, 22 August 2024 (UTC)Reply