2024-07-13 13:56:03
Jill Biden has been in her role as First Lady for almost four years now. Her image is that of a mixture of a kind, helpful caregiver and a far-sighted political advisor. She has already proven in the past that she is more than just the “strong woman behind the US President”, as is often said.
After all, the tragic stories surrounding Joe Biden and his strokes of fate are well documented: the death of his first wife, his daughter and his eldest son. Perhaps this is also why Jill Biden has a special protective instinct? This has already shown itself very concretely, for example in the 2020 election campaign. At that time, she physically stood in front of her husband when two demonstrators stormed the stage at a rally in Los Angeles. The president’s wife, who is eight years younger, intercepted them and possibly prevented anything bad from happening.
From the perspective of Biden’s critics, she should do the same now: however, this time she should intercept her husband and thus prevent something worse from happening. The Guardian answers the question mentioned at the beginning of whether Jill Biden is the only one who can stop her husband with a more or less clear yes. But does she want to? The fact that she is currently her husband’s most important advisor is undisputed. The only question is whether Jill Biden is more convinced by Vice President Kamala Harris as an alternative.
“Those who would like her to encourage Mr. Biden to reconsider his presidential bid may be seriously misunderstanding her – and her marriage,” wrote New York Times columnist Michelle Cottle in an opinion piece last week. The tenor: Jill Biden will always stand by her husband as a political aide, come what may.
One thing seems certain for the next 100 days of the campaign: Jill Biden will step more and more into the foreground and, as she is doing now, will travel around the country spreading confidence that her husband is the right man for the presidency. The Bidens will present themselves as a unit – despite all the doom and gloom. Or as Jill Biden’s PR advisor Elizabeth Alexander recently said: “To say that they were in the trenches together doesn’t even begin to explain their bond.”