Neilia Hunter Biden

Neilia Hunter Biden is remembered mostly through the lens of tragedy, and that feels unfair to who she actually was. By every account she was the bright, steady center of a young family, a teacher who fell for an ambitious law student at Syracuse. Joe Biden has spoken for decades about how losing her and baby Naomi in that 1972 crash, just weeks after his Senate win, nearly broke him completely. There's something quietly devastating about a life cut short at thirty, on the cusp of what should have been triumph. Her memory shaped one of the most consequential figures in modern American politics.

Neilia Hunter Biden (July 28, 1942 - December 18, 1972) was an American teacher and the first wife of Joe Biden, who later became the 46th President of the United States. A graduate of Syracuse University, she married Biden in 1966 and had three children with him. She and her infant daughter Naomi were killed in a car accident in Delaware shortly after Biden's first election to the U.S. Senate; their sons Beau and Hunter survived.

Name (English)

Neilia Hunter Biden

Name (Japanese)

ネイリア・ハンター

Reading

ねいりあ・はんたー

Born

July 28, 1942 – December 18, 1972

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Horse

Origin

Skaneateles, New York, United States

Occupation

Teacher

University

Syracuse University

Spouse

Joe Biden (married 1966)

Children

Beau Biden, Hunter Biden, Naomi Biden

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8D%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3

Tags

• From New York
• Teacher

Last updated

2026-06-02

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