Dr. Jill Biden: The Hardest Moments No One Saw (The Untold Story of the White House Years)

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The Weight of the World

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The role of First Lady carries no official job description, no salary, and no roadmap — and that, Jill Biden says, is both its challenge and its freedom. Each woman who has held the role has shaped it in her own way: Laura Bush approached it differently from Barbara Bush; Michelle Obama differently from Hillary Clinton; Rosalynn Carter sat in on cabinet meetings. Jill Biden respects every choice, including the choice to do very little. For her, the role was shaped by who she already was — a teacher, an advocate, someone deeply invested in women's health and education. She calls it an honor of a lifetime. But she is clear-eyed that 'honor' and 'hard' are not mutually exclusive words.