Former President Joe Biden made a rare public appearance at the Friday, March 6, funeral for Jesse Jackson amid his cancer battle. Biden, 83, attended the ceremony for the civil rights activist — who passed away at age 84 on February 17 — with wife Dr.

The civil rights icon who "invited us to believe" was memorialized Friday in moving words and music at the South Side's House of Hope.

Bill was indicted on a first-degree murder charge in connection with his wife Linda's death, and was taken into custody on Feb. 2

William Stevenson, who was briefly married to former first lady Jill Biden more than five decades ago, has been charged with the murder of his longtime wife, Linda Stevenson, Delaware police announced Tuesday.

Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris and former first ladies Jill Biden and Hillary Clinton attended a final public tribute for the late Rev.

Thousands packed into the House of Hope to celebrate the life of the civil rights icon who passed away Feb. 17. A private homegoing service is scheduled Saturday morning.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The long-ago first husband of former first lady Jill Biden pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he killed his current wife in Delaware. William Stevenson, 77, was married to Jill Biden from 1970 to 1975.

Before Dr. Jill Biden was the first lady married to President Joe Biden, she was briefly married to Bill Stevenson. The former educator and the entrepreneur met in college at the University of Delaware and got married in 1970, when Jill was 18 years old.

As the first lady of the United States, Jill Biden is a prominent figure. But even before she took up residence in the White House, Biden was already giving back to the community and educating new minds in America.