She added, "And you don't get up by stepping on somebody else's face or kicking them in the back. Shes also been a leader within the Democratic National Committee, serving on the National Board of the Womens Leadership Forum. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content. This is the first time I haven't managed the campaign, and I want to tell you, it's damn frustrating!". More on Valeries book deal via Fox News: Valerie Biden Owens, a longtime campaign adviser and political confidante to Biden, will be releasing her memoir titled, Growing Up Biden: A Memoir next Tuesday. Valerie and Jack had actually met on a blind date before her first marriage, facilitated by Biden and his then-girlfriend, Neilia. First published on October 11, 2021 / 1:51 PM. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. No, that's not true: Valerie Biden Owens is not married to Stephen Owens, . Her strength, which was immeasurable, will live on in all of us." . She has been my best friend my entire life.". She says it exactly like it is. And while it's unclear how much Joe Biden has paid his sister over the years, a 2008 report published by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ranked Biden as the fourth senator "paying the most money in salaries or fees to family members," noting how he paid a combined $54,904.78 to Owens and her daughter, Catherine. Well, Well, Fucking Well. ", Owens also spoke of that notion, which she called "the doctrine of resilience," with PBS' Frontline, revealing how her mother taught all four of her kids "that failure would happen in everyone's life, but giving up was unforgivable." Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Today, Jack works as a lawyer and a businessman, per the New York Times. Sharing a similar sentiment toAP, Owens admittedthat Biden "was bullied" and that "the stutter at the time was horrible for him." A photograph of Jack Owens can be seen here and a photograph of Stephen Owens can be seen here. Owens, the family's second child and only female, has been an instrumental part of Biden's political career. Valerie and Jack had actually met on a blind date before her first marriage, facilitated by Biden and his then-girlfriend, Neilia. Jim Edmonds shaded Meghan King and Cuffe Owens before their wedding by wearing a T-shirt that dissed his ex-wife's new husband's uncle, President Joe Biden. As The New York Times reports, he had something to say about all of her potential boyfriends while at the University of Delaware. As The New York Times notes, their collaboration began when she managed his campaign for high school class president and never stopped. Missy asked Hunter. The small wedding took place at the groom's childhood home in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, the home of the president's sister, Valerie, and her husband Jack Owens. Two months ago, General Motors hired her to a senior position in the company's regulatory affairs department. In 2014, Owens requested help from Hunter in an email saying he needed a Chinese business license "secured very quickly" so he could expand his telemedicine company into China. And while I was in Washington or on the road, Val was there every day." [7], Owens graduated from Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Delaware in 1963, and went on to study at the University of Delaware, where she was on the dean's list and was homecoming queen, graduating in 1967. "How did he/we find that one, and do you think we can find something for my mom?" By then, they had already had a daughter and now have three kids: Valerie James Owens, Cuffe Biden Owens, and Catherine Eugenia Owens. Finally, and this is just perfect, Valerie's husband, John Owens "Jack" has also cashed in, compliments of the Biden family "business." In 2014, as noted by Fox, he requested help from none other than Hunter, saying in an email he needed a Chinese business license "secured very quickly" so he could expand his telemedicine . In his memoir, Biden touches on the friendly intervention he took in his sister's love life. [13], In 2014, Owens was a Resident Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics. There's been an accident.'" Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. ", It is unclear whether Hunters business partners were able to successfully secure a business license for Owens or whether one of the business partners "WOFE" sufficed for Chinas laws. "Valerie had been a top student at the University of Delaware. In December 2020, Reuters published a "fact check," clarifying that "Joe Biden's sister is not married to Dominion Voting Systems' owner after multiple social media posts alleged that Owens' husband was Stephen Owens. Owens is the son of the president's sister, Valerie Biden Owens, and her husband, Jack. Fact check: Meme is missing context, potentially misleads on support for Biden, Trump and Obama. As she once quipped, the experience "was a gift" because she "got to practice on Beau and Hunter before I screwed up my own kids." "Joe had bought a new house and we all moved in together - Joe, Jack, me, Hunter and Beau," she writes. Joe Bidens sister Valerie Biden Owens is not married to Stephen Owens. Owens is a common last name in the United States, genealogy portal Forebears said (forebears.io/surnames/owens). After graduating from the University of Delaware, Valerie married a man named Bruce Saunders. Valerie, one of the first female campaign managers in United States history, writes of the role of family, faith, and fate in shaping her life, and the power of empathy and kindness in the face of turmoil and division. It wasn't just Joe and Hunter Biden's shady overseas business dealings. As Owens told PBS' Frontline, it was Dec. 18 when she "got a call from Jimmy Biden, and he said, 'Come home, now. [8]Harvard University honored her with their 'Women Inspiring Change" award in 2015. They married shortly after she divorced her first husband, . Content may not be reprinted or republished. Joe Biden has one sister, Valerie Biden Owens. ", Valerie Biden Owens has been an integral part of Joe Biden's political career. You cansubscribeto our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. Valerie Biden Owens, Joe Biden and Jill Biden at a Super Tuesday campaign event in Los Angeles in March 2020. . Owens returns to the University of Delaware periodically to give lectures on politics and her experiences as a woman on the campaign trail. President-elect Joe Biden officially secured the presidency after the Electoral College met to give him and Vice President-elect Harris 306 votes. Following the accident, Owens quit her job as a teacher and moved in with Biden and his sons. Her family is of Irish Catholic background. President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden attended Owens' Monday nuptials in Pennsylvania. 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Valerie Biden Owens may not be in the spotlight as much as her brother, but that hasn't made her immune from becoming the subject of fake news stories. A statement from the White House described the event as a small family wedding taking place at the home of President Biden's sister, Valerie Owens. Jack Owens's in laws: Jack Owens's father in law was Joseph Biden Sr. Jack Owens's mother in law was Jean Biden Jack Owens's grandfather in law was Joseph Biden Jack Owens's grandmother in law was Mary Biden Jack Owens's grandfather in law was Ambrose Finnegan Sr. Jack Owens's grandmother in law was Geraldine Finnegan Jack Owens's brother in law is Joe Biden Jack Owens's sister in law-by . Getty Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden (L) and sister . / CBS News. John T. Owens, the husband of Biden's sister, Valerie, and a former college classmate of the president-elect, owns a Delaware-based telemedicine company that markets itself as a solution amid . 2021 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. By Matt Viser. A little over a year later, Owens was appointed to a four-month ceremonial position serving as "an Alternate Representative of the United States to the 71st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations," which paid approximately $26,000. ", Following the tragic loss of his wife and daughter in 1972, U.S. Senator-Elect Joe Biden considered dropping out of the Senate, but Valerie Biden Owens wouldn't allow it. It was called family.". 2 men found drugged after leaving NYC gay bars were killed, medical examiner says, LeVar Burton on new doc "The Right To Read", Ed Sheeran reveals wife was diagnosed with tumor while pregnant, Justin Bieber concerts canceled on ticket sales sites, Actor Willem Dafoe on new thriller, "Inside", Tom Sizemore's family told there's "no further hope" after aneurysm. A memoir from Valerie Biden Owens, Joe Biden's younger sister, trusted confidante and lifelong campaign manager. . The post shows a photograph of Biden with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who is not his brother-in-law. I got to practice on Beau and Hunter before I screwed up my own kids," she joked. ", "I didn't know she wanted to do that me [sic] of these. 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