Hallie Olivere Biden
{{Short description|American school counselor (born 1973)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Hallie Olivere Biden
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|07|06}}
| birth_place = Greenville, Delaware, U.S.
| education = Tatnall School
| occupation = school counselor, non-profit executive
| party = Democratic
| spouse = {{marriage|Beau Biden|2002|2015|end=his death}}{{marriage|John Hopkins Anning|2024}}
| partner = Hunter Biden (2016–2019)
| children = 2
| family = Biden (by marriage)
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Hallie K. Biden (née Olivere; born July 6, 1973) is an American school counselor, non-profit executive, and member of the Biden family. She worked as a school counselor at the Tatnall School in Wilmington, Delaware and at Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware. In 2002, she married Beau Biden, a son of U.S. President Joe Biden and Neilia Hunter Biden. They lived in Wilmington while her husband served as the Attorney General of Delaware.
After her husband's death from glioblastoma in 2015, Biden became the chairwoman of the board of directors for the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children.
She received media attention and scrutiny for her romantic relationship with Beau's brother Hunter Biden from 2016 to 2019.
Early life and education
Biden was born on July 6, 1973, in Greenville, Delaware, to Louis Ronald "Ron" Olivere and Joan Berger (1945–2022).{{Cite web|url=https://delawareonline.com/obituaries/wnj121313|title=Obituaries in Wilmington, DE|work=The News Journal|access-date=November 30, 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/world/joe-biden-s-very-jewish-family-1.508420
|title=Joe Biden's very Jewish family|date=November 9, 2020|author=Keren David|work=The Jewish Chronicle}}{{Cite web|url=https://politi.co/3D9LHQg|title=Biden's golf partners, explained|first1=Alex|last1=Thompson|first2=Tina|last2=Sfondeles|website=POLITICO|access-date=November 30, 2022}} Her mother, who was a childhood friend of Joe Biden,{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/even-as-russia-ukraine-crisis-loomed-biden-attended-zoom-shiva-for-childhood-crush/|title=Even as crisis loomed, Biden attended Zoom shiva for childhood crush|first=Gabe|last=Friedman|website=www.timesofisrael.com|access-date=November 30, 2022}} owned a drycleaning business.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mb0oEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT31|title=Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide|first=Miranda|last=Devine|year=2021|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=9781637581063 |via=Google Books}} Her mother is of Jewish descent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jta/joe-biden-attended-a-zoom-shiva-for-his-childhood-crush-as-russia-s-ukraine-invasion/article_34391f27-6721-5e2e-a19f-2b5b23d7134d.html|title=Joe Biden attended a Zoom shiva for his childhood crush as Russia's Ukraine invasion loomed|first=Gabe|last=Friedman|website=Cleveland Jewish News|date=February 28, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}{{Cite news|first=Lior|last=Zaltzman|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/meet-us-president-elect-joe-bidens-whole-big-jewish-mishpocha/|title=Meet Joe Biden’s whole big Jewish mishpocha|newspaper=Times of Israel|date=November 20, 2020 |access-date=December 3, 2024|quote=...let’s talk about Hallie Olivere, now Hallie Biden, who was the wife of Joe’s oldest son, Beau, the former Delaware AG who died of cancer in 2015. Joe Biden has known Olivere’s Jewish mother, Joan, since they were kids...}} She was educated at the Tatnall School, a private college preparatory school near Wilmington, Delaware.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gala.fr/stars_et_gotha/hallie_biden |title=Hallie Biden - La biographie de Hallie Biden avec Gala.fr |work=Gala.fr |language=French |access-date=November 30, 2022}}
Career
Biden worked as an admissions counselor at her alma mater, the Tatnall School, and as a guidance counselor at Archmere Academy. She serves as the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors for the Beau Biden Foundation For the Protection of Children.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beaubidenfoundation.org/our-board/|title=Our Board|access-date=November 30, 2022}}
Personal life
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In 1998, she began dating her childhood friend Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III, who worked as a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rGHLDwAAQBAJ&dq=Hallie+Olivere&pg=PT71|title=Beautiful Things: A Memoir|first=Hunter|last=Biden|date=April 6, 2021|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=9781982151133 |access-date=November 30, 2022|via=Google Books}} The two became engaged during a family Thanksgiving celebration in Nantucket.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYoUEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hallie+Olivere&pg=PT103|title=The Bidens: Inside the First Family's Fifty-Year Rise to Power|first=Ben|last=Schreckinger|date=September 21, 2021|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=9781538737996 |access-date=November 30, 2022|via=Google Books}} She married Beau Biden in 2002. They had two children: daughter Natalie Naomi Biden (b. 2004) and son Robert Hunter Biden II (b. 2006).{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=69559|title=Attorney General Joseph Robinette 'Beau' Biden III (DE)|access-date=August 26, 2008|work=Vote Smart|archive-date=May 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521060632/http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=69559|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-08-25-catholic-biden_N.htm|title=Biden provides Catholic link, but renews abortion debate|access-date=August 26, 2008|last=Banks|first=Adelle M.|date=August 24, 2008|agency=Religion News Service|work=USA Today}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a41802735/natalie-biden-facts/ |title=President Joe Biden and His Granddaughter Natalie Biden Voted Early in Midterm Elections |first=Emily |last=Burack |date=November 3, 2022 |magazine=Town & Country |access-date=November 30, 2022}} The family lived in Wilmington, Delaware, while her husband served as the Attorney General of Delaware.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uqgJEAAAQBAJ&q=Hallie&pg=PA159|title=Joe Biden: Our 46th President|first=Beatrice|last=Gormley|date=January 12, 2021 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9781534479319 |access-date=November 30, 2022|via=Google Books}}
Her husband died from brain cancer in 2015.{{Cite news |url=https://jhvonline.com/meet-joe-bidens-jewish-family-p28395-164.htm |title=Meet Joe Biden's Jewish Family |date=November 19, 2020 |work=Jewish Herald Voice |access-date=November 30, 2022}} Biden maintained a close relationship with other members of the Biden family after her husband's death, encouraging her father-in-law to run in the 2016 presidential election,{{Cite web |url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2015/10/19/hallie-biden-supports-presidential-bid-father-says/74223948/ |title=Hallie Biden supports presidential bid, father says |first=Jonathan|last=Starkey |work=The News Journal|access-date=November 30, 2022}} consulting him before the launch of his 2020 presidential campaign and attending mass with the family at St. Joseph on the Brandywine.{{Cite web |url=https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/politics/biden-attends-mass-in-delaware-ahead-of-zelenskyy-call |title=PHOTOS: Biden attends mass at Delaware church ahead of Zelenskyy call |date=March 6, 2022 |website=www.audacy.comb |access-date=November 30, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1355285/a-guide-to-joe-bidens-big-family-ahead-of-granddaughter-naomi-king-bidens-white-house-wedding |title=A Guide to Joe Biden's Big Family Ahead of Granddaughter Naomi Biden's White House Wedding|date=November 19, 2022 |website=E! Online |access-date=November 30, 2022}}
In 2016, she began a relationship with her brother-in-law, Hunter Biden, who was in the process of going through a separation from his wife, Kathleen Buhle.{{Cite web|url=https://www.al.com/news/2022/06/kathleen-buhle-on-hunter-bidens-affair-with-beaus-widow-hallie-i-was-shocked-but-not-heartbroken.html|title=Kathleen Buhle on Hunter Biden's affair with Beau's widow Hallie: 'I was shocked, but not heartbroken' |date=June 1, 2022 |work=Advance Local |access-date=November 30, 2022}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.thecut.com/2017/03/beau-bidens-widow-hallie-dating-his-brother-hunter.html |title=Joe Biden's Son Hunter Is Dating His Brother's Widow |date=March 1, 2017 |first=Lisa|last=Ryan |website=The Cut|access-date=November 30, 2022}} She and Hunter Biden moved to Annapolis, Maryland, with her children.{{Cite news |url=https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/annapolis/ac-cn-biden-sued-0702-story.html |title=After time living in Annapolis, Key School sues Hallie Biden for not paying tuition |first=Selene |last=San Felice |work=Capital Gazette |orig-date=July 1, 2019 |date=February 28, 2020 |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 30, 2022}} They ended their relationship in 2019.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a33661848/joe-biden-children-grandchildren/ |title=Meet Joe Biden's Kids and Grandkids |date=January 19, 2021 |magazine=Harper's BAZAAR |access-date=November 30, 2022}} In March 2019, The Key School filed a lawsuit against Biden, stating that she failed to pay $55,740 in tuition for her two children for the 2018–19 school year, seventh and eighth grade students. The suit was settled in October 2019. In 2024 she married John Hopkins Anning.{{cite news |last1=Wartman |first1=Scott |title=Who is John Hopkins Anning, Cincinnati broker who married Hallie Biden? |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2024/06/07/hallie-biden-who-is-john-hopkins-anning-at-hunter-biden-trial/74012587007/ |access-date=12 July 2024 |work=The Enquirer}}
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