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Dr. Jill Biden: The Hardest Moments No One Saw (The Untold Story of the White House Years)
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A True Partnership
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At some point early in their marriage, Joe Biden's political supporters gathered at the family home and began pressuring him to run for president. Jill was at the pool in a bikini. She grabbed a black magic marker, wrote 'NO' across her stomach, and walked silently through the library where the meeting was happening. [1] — Dr. Jill Biden "When Joe Biden's political supporters gathered at their home and pushed him to run for president, a young Jill — poolside in a bikini — gra…" 20:38 Not a word was said. They got the message. The story reveals the same decisive conviction she showed in the hospital — Jill doesn't equivocate when she has a view. Yet paradoxically, when Joe ultimately decided to run for president years later, she deliberately stayed neutral: it had to be his choice, she believed, just as she expected him to respect hers. She found out he would run over lunch at Black Salt restaurant in Washington, after the elder George Bush's funeral.
Jill Biden's greatest regret is having no recording of her late mother's voice. She can still hear it in her mind — the simple word 'hello, Jill' — but she can never play it back. Her advice: record your parents' voices now, because the day will come when you desperately need to hear them.
