Hows it going? Owens, the family's second child and only female, has been an instrumental part of Biden's political career. Valerie Biden Owens (From left) Marc Lasry, Susan Harrison, Edward Harrison and Valerie Biden During his years in the Senate, Biden's family benefited financially in other ways as he. I really had a searching of the soul in there, and a few things really got me where Im at [INAUDIBLE]. So how long have you been in South Carolina? I really appreciate it. Val is kind of the connective tissue throughout the course of the campaigns from '72 to today," deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield told BuzzFeed News in 2020, referring to her as Biden's "emotional guardrails.". The status quo just wont do. Joe Biden has had a lot of hits. I got to practice on Beau and Hunter before I screwed up my own kids," she joked. A post shared by Meghan King (@meghanking). And when Bishop Myers got the chance to meet the vice president in person, it sealed his affection for him. King, 37, revealed she was dating Cuffe Owens, 42, in an Instagram post last month, KTVI . Look, this is an incredible opportunity. Ursuline Academy inducted her to their Distinguished Alumnae Hall of Fame in 2018. What a plot twist! In doing that, it takes Bernie Sanders from being the least electable candidate to the only one who can build that type of coalition. Eye Color: Brown. But that is not true. As hes experienced these results in the early states, its added a real sense of pressure on South Carolina. Because Id had to do it against a machine. Politics, Money, Siblings: The Ties Between Joe Biden and Valerie Biden Owens, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/us/politics/valerie-joe-biden-sister.html. When I went to school, I had to walk about five miles to go to school as a kid. His approval rating is at 90 percent with the Republican Party. After all, for the Bidens, it's always been a family affair. Writers spend their entire careers searching for the secret sauce to penning a New York Times best seller. The Bidens are a very close family and they always try to help each other, said Mike Lux, a Democratic strategist who worked in Mr. Bidens 1988 presidential campaign. The car was struck by a truck. [2][3] Owens published her autobiography, Growing Up Biden, in 2022. Ted Kaufman, a one-time Biden aide who succeeded him as a senator, recalled his friends first Senate campaign in 1972. [CHEERING] Thank you, Pittsburgh! Even with these questions satisfied, The Times uses anonymous sources as a last resort. The bride, Meghan O'Toole King, is a former "Real Housewife of Orange County" star, who is originally from St. Louis, Missouri. We always do better when we act as one America. He put out his hand and said, 'Come on, Val. At 29, a young father with a wife and three children, he was headed to Washington, D.C. Six weeks later, the euphoria ended tragically. Mr. Biden and his late wife Nelia cut his 30th birthday cake at a party in Wilmington in 1972. Other examples include Ms. Owenss 2016 appointment by former President Barack Obama as alternate representative to the United Nations a largely ceremonial four-month job that paid about $26,000; her nearly 20-year career as vice president of Joe Slade White & Company, the media consulting firm that previously handled Mr. Bidens campaign commercials; and her current job as vice chair and a consultant at the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware. In our family, it made perfect sense that I was going to be his campaign manager, Ms. Owens told a group in Allendale County in South Carolina, recalling their childhood in Delaware. Appreciate you guys. Initially married to Bruce Saunders (who, according to The New York Times, "handled the budget" for Joe Biden's 1972 US Senate run), Owens and her first husband moved in with Biden and put on a brave face but, as The Washington Post notes, their "marriage was fraying." She appears quite tall in her photos. Joe Biden Sr. later became a successful used car salesman, maintaining the family a middle-class lifestyle. Valerie is one of the president's closest confidantes, having seen her brother through a slew of. Owens is the son of Biden's sister Valerie Owens, pictured next to President Biden in a black and white dress in 2013 Megan then gave birth to their first child, Aspen King, who was born on . And Im sure he had close ties with his son what you gonna think? I was building the campaign for Joe," Owens recalled of the campaign. Nine out of 10 times, we have the same intuitive reaction to things." Sometimes, you doubt. A poll three months before the election showed Mr. Biden with under 20 percent of the vote against the popular Republican incumbent, Senator Cale Boggs. [34], 30. However, "Owens" is a common last name, so that hardly serves as proof at all. "As a sister, I saw my brother come alive again," Owens said, calling her sister-in-law "a gift to my brother. Valerie Biden Owens is married to John Owens, the owner of a telemedicine company in Delaware, according to. Thats what this is. The group had gotten together to go door knocking for Biden. A few days after we talked to Bishop Myers, we got word that he was planning to vote early. The Biden campaign would not disclose Ms. Owens standard speaking fee. And sometimes, as all the preachers in here know, sometimes even faith leaves you just for a second. Yall came to the door. Im going to do everything in my power to earn your respect, earn your vote. Valerie Biden's husband (John Owens) tried to get Hunter Biden's help in acquiring a business license in China back in 2014. And Im her proud father. Looking at a breakdown of various publicly known fees and payouts Owens has received over the years points to the fact that a net worth in the low millions is not a far stretch. [CHEERING] This is a hell of a turnout. And maybe its just that its not a one size fits all, and people have desire. But Jill filled them with grace, without skipping a beat. Im Bernice Scott. On election night, Mr. Biden took Mr. Boggs by surprise, winning by about 3,000 votes. Biden Owens is the son of POTUS' sister and closest adviser, Valerie Biden Owens. But folks, the vote is in your hands. The question is, is Biden right about his overwhelming support from black voters? I mean, thats shock of all shocks. And she never saw raising her nephews as a sacrifice. John T. Owens owns the Delaware-based telemedicine company Mediguide International, the Washington Post reported Dec. 14. He put out his hand and said, Come on, Val. I really appreciate it. Hes of his own generation and is looking at this political moment with his own lens. Could winning the crucial black vote in South Carolina change the course of the former vice presidents struggling campaign? She got a lot of quality people really super involved.. ", Valerie Biden Owens has been an integral part of Joe Biden's political career. After graduating from the University of Delaware, Valerie married a man named Bruce Saunders. And this wasnt the first time that Biden had lost family members. She was the campaign manager during all of his Senate elections and for his 1988 and 2008 presidential campaigns, as well as a senior advisor to his successful 2020 presidential campaign. And while Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen did add that "Valerie is the President's oldest and closest political advisor [and] that will never change," she conceded that Owens "is the first to know that his role is different now and so is hers.". Valerie Biden Owens has been at his side for 76 years but has deliberately stayed in the background. Merely a few minutes ago she was putting a three-year-old and fifteen-month-old to bed. What we consider before using anonymous sources. Biden's wife and infant daughter, Naomi, were killed in the accident; their sons, Hunter and Beau, were in the hospital with injuries. Participants including Ms. Owens, several members of Congress and former aides to Mr. Obama were led to believe that the Caspian Sea gathering was hosted by the Turquoise Council, a Houston-based nonprofit organization. He just laid it all out. I used to think that that was the way to win. The black vote seems to be splintering across demographics. . Shes a very, very clear communicator. It has not been exciting. But this area doesnt have anything. As Owens toldAPin 2020, their "family code" has always dictated that "it's not how many times you get knocked down, it's how many times you get up." She also recounted the role she played in helping him recover after the death of his first wife and daughter in 1972 in a car accident, when she took over as a substitute mother for Mr. Bidens two sons, Beau and Hunter. She quit her teaching job in order to be there full-time. Well, it was basically a black community. And as Joe Biden has experienced these early defeats in Iowa and New Hampshire and Nevada, hes been saying to voters, just wait till the black vote shows up. Biden still has a healthy lead, but these two candidates have put some pressure on Biden in South Carolina. In 2015, he lost his son Beau to brain cancer at just 46 years old. A frequent surrogate for Joseph R. Biden Jr. on the campaign trail, Ms. Owens has a rsum that reveals how politics, business and family converge for the Bidens. Cuffe Owens, 42, is a lawyer. Valerie Biden Owens is the first woman in U.S. history to have run a presidential campaign that of her brother, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. She also led his seven straight U.S. Senate victories and has been his principal surrogate on the campaign trail. He really I mean, he had a plan. "His brother, Kevin Owens, is founder of Staple Street Investors, which owns Dominion Voting." It's true that the president-elect's sister is married to a man named John Owens, according to a New York Times wedding announcement from 1975 . In his memoir Promises to Keep, Biden elaborates on the instrumental role Owens played in holding the family together. If there's one major trait that Valerie Biden Owens shares with big brother Joe Biden it's their commitment to perseverance, and always taking the high road. [CHEERING]. Owens' husband, John, also appeared to benefit from . A spokesperson for Staple Street . "That was nothing heroic," she said humbly, adding, "It was exactly what my brother would have done for me. About a year ago, the Sanders campaign, and most other campaigns, reached out to me and asked me to come and sit with the candidate, do a small meet-and-greet. And so they are surprised, and theyve known me all my life. Astead. Noting that she's "very certain that his stuttering really chiseled who he is," Owens argued that "because of it, he developed a backbone of steel and became a little boy of courage, and a little boy with a great deal of empathy.". But I dont think that he is as I dont think that he is as forceful on issues as he has been in the past. Valerie Biden Owens is married to John T. Owens, not Stephen Owens, according to a wedding announcement in The New York Times. [23], Owens is married to attorney John T. Owens, with whom she has three children: son Cuffe Owens, also an attorney, and two daughters, Missy Owens and Casey Owens Castello. Whats their motivation for telling us? [CHEERING] Not only is this a large crowd, you are a loud crowd! Ms. Alexander, the spokeswoman for the Biden campaign, said both women brought impeccable academic and professional credentials to their government jobs. [LAUGHTER] We had a family of 12. I had a better seat at the table because my brother is at the head of the table, Ms. Owens, left, has said, acknowledging the symbiosis of the relationship with her brother Joe Biden, right. Mr. Biden has emphasized his ability to work across the aisle with Republicans. MEGHAN KING CONFIRMS SHE FINALIZED HER DIVORCE FROM JIM EDMONDS. Take care, and many, many blessings in your endeavors. Biden commuted between Washington, D.C. and Delaware daily; Owens kept the home running for four years, per the Washington Post. One of Valerie Biden Owens' first major wins as Joe Biden's campaign manager was helping her 29-year-old brother win a seat in the US Senate in 1972. "And any guy he didn't know, I couldn't go out with because he didn't know the son of the gun. I think people have, for far too long, thought that all black people were this monolithic think block, sort of like the Borg from Star Trek, you know? I did know. I can feel him. I mean, I drive an overpriced car. Valerie was born to Joseph Robinette Biden Sr . You can control this outcome. Ms. Owens managed the campaign, while her brother was out knocking on doors and shaking hands. By being reluctant about granting interviews of her own, Owens has managed to keep most of the ups and downs she's faced to herself, but we've done some major digging to uncover the surprising facts you need to know. Joe and Jill Biden were in attendance. Last Monday morning, Claire, Annie and I went to meet a woman named Bernice Scott. 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