Hallie K. Olivere Biden (born July 6, 1973) is an American school counselor, non-profit executive, and member of the

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. She worked as a school counselor at the

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and at

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. In 2002, she married

Beau Biden Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III (February 3, 1969 – May 30, 2015) was an American politician, lawyer, and officer in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps from Wilmington, Delaware. The oldest child of current U.S. president Joe Bid ...

, a son of U.S. President Joe Biden and

Neilia Hunter Biden Neilia Hunter Biden (July 28, 1942 – December 18, 1972) was an American teacher and the first wife of Joe Biden, the 46th and current president of the United States. She died in a car crash in 1972 with her one-year-old daughter, Naomi. Her t ...

. They lived in Wilmington while her husband served as the

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. After her husband's death from

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in 2015, Biden became the chairwoman of the board of directors for the Beau Biden Foundation For the Protection of Children. She received media attention and scrutiny for her romantic relationship with Beau's brother

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from 2016 to 2019.

Early life and education

Biden was born on July 6, 1973, in

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to Louis Ronald "Ron" Olivere and Joan Berger. Her mother, who was a childhood friend of Joe Biden, owned a drycleaning business. She is of

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background. She was educated at the

, a private college preparatory school near

Career

Biden worked as an admissions counselor at her alma mater, the

, and as a guidance counselor at

. She serves as the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors for the Beau Biden Foundation For the Protection of Children.

Personal life

Joe Biden sworn in as Vice President in 2013

In 1998, she began dating her childhood friend Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III, who worked as a federal prosecutor in the

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's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The two became engaged during a family Thanksgiving celebration in

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. She married Beau Biden in 2002. They had two children: daughter Natalie Naomi Biden (b. 2004), and son Robert Hunter Biden II (b. 2006). The family lived in

while her husband served as the

. Her husband died from

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in 2015. Biden maintained a close relationship with other members of the

after her husband's death, encouraging her father-in-law to run in the 2016 presidential election, consulting him before the launch of his 2020 presidential campaign and attending

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with the family at

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. In 2016, she began a relationship with her brother-in-law,

, who was in the process of going through a separation from his wife,

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. She and Hunter Biden moved to

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with her children. They ended their relationship in 2019. In March 2019,

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filed a lawsuit against Biden, stating that she failed to pay $55,740 in tuition for her two children for the 2018–2019 school year. In August 2022, a

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account impersonating Biden tweeted, "President

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won that election and my entire family knows it." Her spokesperson stated that the account was run by an imposter and not by Biden.

References

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