But while Michelle Obama talked about Biden’s accomplishments as vice president, Jill Biden discussed her husband’s accomplishments as a family man. And those qualities, she said, would help repair the divisions in a country from a pandemic and its economic downturn.
Jill Biden’s appearance was preceded by a video that delves deep into her relationship with the former vice president. With testimony from grandparents and former employees, the video painted a picture of a Biden family with great personalities who had overcome extreme loss. The Bidens discussed their bond after the death of Joe Biden’s first wife and young daughter, in 1972. They discussed Jill Biden’s relationship with Joe Biden’s sons, Hunter and Beau, and how close they were to Joe and Jill’s marriage. .
“They put us back together,” Joe Biden said in the presentation. ‘She gave me back my life. She gave us a family back. ”
“Joe always told the boys, ‘Mama sent Jill to us, and how could I argue with her?'” Jill Biden said during her interview. “And so we figured it out together.”
They expanded that message to attack the divisions and cruel plague the nation – from deep ideological divides to the isolation brought about by coronavirus.
While Michelle Obama acknowledged that the divisions in the country meant that many Americans would not receive their message, Jill Biden struck a more unifying tone. She expressed the hope that her husband would be able to mend the divisions and lead the country out of crisis.
“Yes, so many classrooms are quiet at the moment. The playgrounds are still there. But if you listen closely, you can hear the sparks of change in the air, ”said Jill Biden, a career trainer, while in a low class. “In this country, educators, parents, first responders, Americans of all walks of life are shrugging their shoulders, fighting for each other. We have not given up. We just need leadership worthy of our nation. ”
Biden speaks at Brandywine High School in Delaware, where she once taught English, and said she hurt the students who would not be able to attend classes. They are addressing the concerns of Americans every day amid the pandemic and other problems facing the country, including the rising cost of health care and higher education.
Rather than expressing policy proposals that could bring her husband to the White House, Jill Biden listed the people who could help her husband: “For the daughter who convinces her mother to finally get breast cancer and her “Missing work to get her to the clinic. For the community college student who has faced homelessness and survived abuse – but finds it grit to complete her degree and create a good life for her children.”
Like Michelle Obama’s address on Monday, in which the former first lady spoke vulnerable as someone who admitted “I hate politics”, Biden’s appearance received much praise for his kindness. Even Senator Lindsey Graham (RS.C.), who ran in 2016 for the nomination of his party, applauded Biden.
“Last night, Jill Biden did a very good job representing herself and Joe in the causes they believe in,” Graham tweeted. “She is a wonderful person who has led a consistent life.”
At the end of her conversation, Joe Biden came out to meet his wife and presented her in the title he hoped would be hers soon.
“Just think of your favorite educator who gave you the confidence to believe in yourself,” he said. “That’s the kind of first lady, lady, lady that this Jill Biden will be.”
