But by focusing on my sons, I found my redemption." Ī park in a suburban area of unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, outside the city of Wilmington, Neilia Hunter Biden Park, is dedicated in her memory. In a commencement speech at Yale University in 2015, Joe Biden, then serving as Vice President of the United States in the administration led by Barack Obama, spoke of his wife, saying, "The incredible bond I have with my children is the gift I'm not sure I would have had, had I not been through what I went through. Joseph on the Brandywine Cemetery in Greenville, Delaware.
Two weeks after the crash, Joe was sworn into the Senate at the hospital, where Beau and Hunter were being treated. All four occupants were taken to Wilmington General Hospital, where Neilia and Naomi were pronounced dead on arrival, while Beau and Hunter were treated for multiple serious injuries. Dunn, 43, of Avondale, Pa., escaped without any major injury and died in 1999. The truck driver, identified as Curtis C. Police determined that Neilia drove into the path of the tractor-trailer. At the intersection with Delaware Route 7 (Limestone Road), their vehicle pulled out in front of a tractor-trailer truck traveling north along Route 7 and was hit by the tractor-trailer. senator-elect, Neilia was driving with her three children west along rural Valley Road in Hockessin, Delaware. On December 18, 1972, shortly after Joe became U.S. Caleb Boggs, Neilia was described by The News Journal as the "brains" of his campaign. The couple had three children: Joseph Robinette "Beau", Robert Hunter and Naomi Christina "Amy". After Biden graduated from law school, the Bidens moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where Biden was on the New Castle County Council. Shortly after, Biden moved to Syracuse to be closer to her and attended law school.
Neilia Hunter met Joe Biden in Nassau, Bahamas, while they were both on spring break. Personal life Neilia Hunter, Joe, Hunter, Naomi Christina and Beau Biden, c. She was related to former Auburn city councilman Robert Hunter. She was an English teacher at the Bellevue School in Syracuse, New York. After secondary school, she attended Syracuse University and was a school teacher in the Syracuse City School District. She was active in the school's French club, field hockey, swimming and student council. She attended Penn Hall, a secondary boarding school in Pennsylvania. Neilia Hunter was born on July 28, 1942, in Skaneateles, New York, to Louise (née Basel 1916–1992) and Robert Hunter (1914–1990) who were Presbyterians. Her death occurred six weeks after her husband's election to the U.S. Their two sons, Beau and Hunter, were critically injured but survived the incident. She died in a car crash in 1972 with their one-year-old daughter, Naomi. The Bidens visited their graves on the grounds of Saint Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Delaware, where they also attended Mass with family.Neilia Hunter Biden (J– December 18, 1972) was an American teacher and the first wife of Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. The date marked the 50th anniversary of the car crash that killed Biden's first wife, Neilia Biden, and their 13-month-old daughter, Naomi. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Delaware, on Dec. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk between tombstones to attend Mass at St. The mother and daughter died in 1972 when a tractor-trailer struck their car while Neilia was taking their children to pick out a Christmas tree. 18 when they visited the graves of his first wife and baby daughter on the 50th anniversary of their deaths in a car crash.īiden was joined by first lady Jill Biden, their daughter, Ashley, and other family members for his annual visit to the gravesites of Neilia Biden and their 13-month-old daughter, Naomi. President Joe Biden and his family marked a somber anniversary on Dec.