Dr Jill Biden, a full-time English professor, could become the first First Lady to hold a paid job outside the White House.
She indicated to CBS News that when her husband, President-Elect Joe Biden, became the 46th president of the United States, she would ‘love to’ keep teaching. She is a professor at Northern Virginia Community College.
‘If we get to the White House, I’m gonna continue to teach,’ she was quoted as saying. ‘It’s important, and I want people to value teachers and know their contributions, and lift up the profession.’
After 231 years of the existence of the role of First Lady, Dr Biden would be making history of her own. Historian Katherine Jellison, a professor at Ohio University who studies First Ladies, told CBS News that Dr Biden would be the first lady to hold a paid job, and the first to have a doctorate degree.
Image: Joe and Jill Biden, Wikimedia Commons, Ben Stanfield