You know, cancer is bipartisan. I mean, there are so many people whose lives are touched and changed by cancer that people are willing to work together to find cures, find solutions, make lives better for cancer patients. So I think people put politics aside. This isn't a political thing. This is a life issue.
— Jill Biden
The role I have always felt most at home in is being 'Dr. B.'
It was important to me that Beau and Hunter felt our family was whole, and that meant we got to define our relationship, not anyone else.
I think exercise is really important, not just for your physical self, for your body, but for your head.
I'm an English teacher, so I'm used to reading and I'm used to reading out loud.
There is a stigma attached to community colleges, and we do need to change the narrative.
I've always believed you've got to steal the joyful moments when you can.
When students come to the community college, they're focused. They know what they want to do, and they have a certain amount of time to do it.
I love the women who are coming back to school and getting their degrees because they're so focused.
On the campaign trail, I have the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life - from residents at a battered women's shelter to mentally handicap children to retirees - and learn about their lives and struggles.
I mean, my students are texting me all the time. It could be 10 o'clock at night, 'Hey Dr. B., can you check my thesis statement?' You know, I'm in bed!
Back in 2008, after we'd won the election, no one really expected me to keep teaching. But I couldn't just walk away... So I did both. For eight years, that was my life's dichotomy. State receptions - and midterms. Dinner with the most powerful man on earth - and study sessions with single moms.
I am an educator.
Teaching is what I've always done.
We need women to better reflect the social fabric of our society.
Well, when Joe Biden is president you will no longer see this separation of families along the border. We welcome these families to enter into the United States.
I'm a grandmother.
What I said was that Joe's family was different than my family, that he came from a very affectionate family. My family was very loving, but we didn't show that kind of affection. So for me, that took me a little while to get used to that.
I worry about my children worrying about me, feeling like they need to be the strong ones. It's not the right order of things.
Marrying Joe wasn't just about him. It was about Hunter and Beau as well. They had endured the loss of one mother already, and I couldn't risk having them lose another.
I try to take good care of myself.
There's nothing that's more unfair or unjust than people using their power to try to make other people feel small, to tell them who they are or what they are capable of, to say their identity doesn't belong.
I've said it before, but community colleges are the best-kept secret in the nation.
The White House is a serious place, with serious people, doing serious work. If you're not careful, it can grind you down.
A lot of students who are 18 or 19 go to college partly for the social aspect of it. At the community college, people's goals are a little different. Their needs are more immediate.
We can be proud of a president that brings families together instead of tearing them apart. A president who believes our best days are ahead of us. That's Joe Biden.
Actually, after many years on the campaign trail, there is not a particular food that I've come across that I would avoid.
Teaching is not a job. It's a lifestyle. It permeates your whole life.
I buy my own clothes. I have a teacher's salary.
I'm a gardener, and I love to plant.
I was in the classroom four days after the inauguration, because I said to Joe when we got elected, 'Joe, I really want to continue to teach.' And he said, 'Absolutely. You should be doing what you love.' Politics - that's Joe's life, really, his love. But teaching is mine.
I have great friends.
One day I was teaching my class and then I had to go to the White House right after, so literally, I took my dress to school. After my classes I went into the ladies room, changed into my outfit, got into the car, went to the White House. So there are real, you know, Superman moments!
I am not a speaker. The more you do it, the easier it becomes, but I always want to be prepared, and I always practice my speeches; I never do it off the cuff.
I think when people hear my book on Audible, they'll hear the inflection in my voice, the tone, and understand me a little bit better and understand my family a little bit better in the ways that I tell the stories. Some are told with laughter, and some are told with sadness.
Sometimes I feel like I've forgotten how to be the mom after the death of my son.
I know the injustice of outliving a child, the pain of a future stolen away, of mourning forever a voice you'll never hear.
Health is very important to me.
I'm not a lady who lunches.
Life is difficult, and if you sit around waiting for fun to show up, you'll find yourself going without it more often than not.
People need to realize that community colleges really give you a good education. And they do - that's just a simple fact of it.
People have not really noticed community colleges, but they are where students really become successful.
Most people probably don't know that Joe has a romantic side to him.
I have always had a great deal of respect and admiration for Eleanor Roosevelt. She was a true humanitarian and champion of Women's Rights and Civil Rights.
I mean, I deal with so many problems on a personal basis with my students and I think to myself, 'Nobody ever trained me to do this.'
I had grown up with four sisters.
My students are working one, sometimes two jobs. They have kids. They're going school. They're dealing with real everyday problems. They are inspiring because they're trying to get ahead and make a better life for themselves and their kids.
I never took a political science course.
I never used to speak at all. I always said Joe is the speaker of the family. I mean, I'd go to events and volunteer, but I was never a speaker.
I think it's important for every woman to have her own money and be independent.
