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The New York Times reported that Valerie Biden married John Owens in 1975 (here) and they have three children, Valerie James Owens, Cuffe Biden Owens and Catherine Eugenia Owens (here). "I would like to attend this one. [18], Owens has played a substantial role in all of her brother's political campaigns dating back to his first campaign, for the New Castle County, Delaware council in 1970. Let's go through the list with Steve and see what makes sense," Hunter replied, appearing to reference Bidens then-Chief of Staff Steve Ricchetti. Their first child, a daughter, was born while the couple was still living with Joe and his sons, per a feature in Tortoise Media. In 2008, Owens gushed (viaThe New York Times), "He's been my best friend all my life" and later told PBS' Frontline, "From the time that I was a little girl, my big brother Joey took me with him wherever he went [] I was fast and furious, keeping up with him." Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Cawthorne@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cam_cawthorne. [9][10], She has worked extensively with Women's Campaign International to help teach women how to develop and grow their political skills. or redistributed. In 1975, she said "I do" to the businessman and lawyer, took his last name, and hadhim move into Joe Biden's home. The pair divorced and Owens soon found love again with Biden's best friend from law school: John T. Owens. Here's what you need to know about one of Biden's closest confidantes. 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's husband, John Owens or "Jack," sent an email to Hunter in 2014 to get help in China. When Joe's wife died, Valerie moved into 'the Station' After the accident, she and her first husband moved in with Joe to care for his boys, and - after that marriage fell apart - Valerie's second husband, Jack Owens, did the same. It was exactly what my brother would have done for me. A memoir from Valerie Biden Owens, Joe Biden's younger sister, trusted confidante and lifelong campaign manager. It wasnt just Joe and Hunter Bidens shady overseas business dealings. Around the same time, speculation also began that Owens would receive an office in the West Wing following her brother's inauguration, butDaily Mail set the record straight in January 2021 when a White House spokesperson told the outlet that "Valerie will have no formal role and no West Wing office." As Biden took office, she wrote, she took comfort in the fact JFK and Obama used . Time pressures are very tight, plus the fact that we do not yet have one has caused a slight credibility bump in the companys mind, Valeries husband told Hunter. Fall 2014. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. [22] Bruce and Valerie moved in with Joe Biden and his two sons, Hunter and Beau, following the death of her sister-in-law Neilia in a car crash in December 1972. 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(Photo by Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images), He would go on to tell Hunter that he would be "most appreciative of any help," which resulted in Hunter forwarding the email to some of his business partners with close China ties, saying, "Is there a way we can help him expedite this? King is a former reality TV star who appeared on "The Real Housewives of Orange County." She managed his seven straight senatorial campaigns in Delaware (all victorious), and two of his presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008, per Frontline. As he wrote in his 2007 memoir, Promises to Keep, Valerie Biden Owens is his "best friend" and the feeling is mutual. Now, Owens finds herself at the door of the White House, with her older brother as always. As deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield told BuzzFeed News in 2020, Owens "is kind of the connective tissue throughout the course of the campaigns from '72 to today. Well, Well, Fucking Well. Politics Writer - PEOPLE. Valerie's other daughter, Casey, also got a job in the Obama-Biden administration, serving as a special assistant to the senior coordinator for China at the Treasury Department for over two years. She was hired following Biden's 1996 U.S. Senate run and stayed with the company until its dissolution in 2016. 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The two were wed in a Roman Catholic ceremony at the Church Center for the United Nations in 1975. Valerie sits on the . Owens is the son of presidential sister Valerie Biden and her husband Jack Owens. In response, Hunter forwarded the request to his business partners with close ties to the Chinese communist government. "If there was any guy he knew, I couldn't go out with him because he knew the son of a gun," Owens recalled. 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. Speaking to Frontline in 2020, Owens recalled some of her tactics from that first low-budget campaign, including enlisting neighborhood kids to hand-deliver 360,000 informational newspapers throughout the state, because they didn't have money for stamps. SWANSEA, S.C. Valerie Biden Owens traveled past swamps, harvested fields and parked tractors to a small church, where she stepped off a bus to . 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." A cemetery posted a personal ad for a goose whose mate died. . About Valerie. It was called family.. IE 11 is not supported. President-elect Biden on Electoral College vote: Clear victory. President-elect Joe Biden began his victory speech by thanking the Delawareans who have supported him throughout his careerincluding his sister, Valerie Biden Owens. "I don't know how much 2016 and nepotism plays into it.". Valerie and Jack's bickering throughout Biden's first . President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden attended Owens' Monday nuptials in Pennsylvania. Still, she remained heavily involved in the journey, and was one of the voices encouraging him to run and keep his spirits up when the campaign took hits. King, who was known on the show as Meghan King Edmonds, has three children from her previous marriage to MLB star and sports broadcaster Jim Edmonds. Cuffe Owens, 42, is a lawyer. Asked to define "the Biden way," she also shared how her parents put great emphasis on respect, saying, "Mom and Dad told us that the most important thing in life was family and that it was our job to take care of each other." She says it exactly like it is. And she never saw raising her nephews as a sacrifice. During Bidens second presidential campaign in 2007 and 2008, Owens served as her brothers national campaign chair. Valerie and her husband were looking to expand his telemedicine company into China, but he needed a Chinese business license secured very quickly.. She "was the cornerstone that allowed me to sustain and then rebuild my family. A photograph of Jack Owens can be seen here and a photograph of Stephen Owens can be seen here. Joe Biden was three years old when he got a little sister and his life changed forever. Owens returns to the University of Delaware periodically to give lectures on politics and her experiences as a woman on the campaign trail. "Well, first of all, when anybody says Joe's 'gaffe,' a gaffe is he speaks the truth," Valerie said. Owens daughter, Valerie J. Owens, who goes by Missy, also cashed in by working for her uncles presidential campaign, where she made tens of thousands of dollars. Published Feb. 25, 2020 Updated Feb. 28, 2020. Space-X continues to reach for the stars. And I said, 'I don't know, Joey.' In his memoir, Biden touches on the friendly intervention he took in his sister's love life. According to her official bio, Owens served as the Executive Vice President of Joe Slade White and Company, a media consulting firm that works with political candidates, from 1997 to 2016. He fell in love with her very quickly, and she fell in love with my brother," she continued, adding, "She made my brother whole." By caring for his sons, Owens allowed Biden to begin his Senate career. Former DOJ prosecutor Jim Trusty discusses if the Hunter Biden probe will play out on Jesse Watters Primetime.. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. Owens is the son of the president's sister, Valerie Biden Owens, and her husband, Jack. A memoir from Valerie Biden Owens, Joe Biden's younger sister, trusted confidante and lifelong campaign manager. "[Biden's] nephew, Cuffe Owens, is marrying Meghan O'Toole King," the White House said. BIDEN NIECE WORKED IN COCA-COLA GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AS COMPANY LOBBIED AGAINST UYGHUR FORCED LABOR BILL. I did know. When their marriage didn't work out, Biden introduced her to her next husbandhis best friend from Syracuse Law School, John "Jack" Owens. The upcoming book tour and expected media blitz of Owens' memoir about growing up as a Biden comes a little over a year after the transition team's lawyers told Vice President-elect Harris's niece she could no longer produce clothing or write any new books with Harris's name or likeness, the Los Angeles Times reported in early 2021. The Bidens left their home in Delaware to attend the nuptials of nephew Cuffe Owens to Meghan O'Toole King. "His brother, Kevin Owens, is founder of Staple Street Investors, which owns Dominion Voting." As The New York Times notes, she got divorced, remarried, and had her oldest daughter, Missy, while living with her brother. [4][5], She was born the daughter of Catherine Eugenia "Jean" (ne Finnegan; 19172010) and Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. During Bidens second presidential campaign in 2007 and 2008, Owens served as her brothers national campaign chair. For example, The New York Times reported how a four-month stint as an alternate representative to the United Nations under President Obama paid her "about $26,000." She has been my best friend my entire life.". According to Biden, the date was a disaster. "She was there beginning, middle and end; morning, noon and night, Sen. Christopher A. Coons, who knows the Biden family, told The Washington Post. Owens recalled having to lie to her brother as they rushed home from the Russell Senate Office Building. Owens' husband is actually John T. Owens, "an attorney and businessman," as stated on her website. Social media users have been sharing content online that alleges President-elect Joe Bidens sister Valerie Biden Owens - is married to Stephen Owens, the owner of Dominion Voting Systems, which sells electronic voting hardware and software. The company took part in a deal with management to acquire Dominion in 2018 ( here , here , here ). Growing Up . What's more, while working for media consulting firm Joe Slade White & Co., the company was paid "about $1.6 million" by the 2008 Biden campaign (although Owens made it clear that she "took a leave" from the company at that time). After raising her three children with her husband, Jack, she also worked as a political media consultant and trained women in developing countries through the Women's Campaign . Owens, 42, is a Los Angeles-based attorney and the son of the president's sister and close adviser, Valerie Owens, and her husband, Jack. She is married to Jack Owens . Valerie Biden Owens served as co-chair of the Biden campaign during . Nevertheless, Owens calls it "a great gift, because he did not let the stuttering define him. ", Joe Biden has made no secret of his lifelong stutter while encouraging those suffering from the affliction to persevere. Owens, 42, is a lawyer, the Washington Post reports. Biden's wife and infant daughter, Naomi, were killed in the accident; their sons, Hunter and Beau, were in the hospital with injuries. This is the first time I haven't managed the campaign, and I want to tell you, it's damn frustrating!". A spokesperson for Staple Street Capital confirmed to Snopes that Stephen Owens has no relation to the Bidens. His sister repays his devotion in her book, telling a story of doubt and . From then on, "they steered clear of each other," Biden wrote. She'd been homecoming queen. Valerie and Jack had actually met on a blind date before her first marriage, facilitated by Biden and his then-girlfriend, Neilia. Biden's father was initially wealthy, but later suffered several financial setbacks; for several years the family lived with Biden's maternal grandparents in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Cuffe Owens the son of Mr. Biden's sister, Valerie Owens, and her husband Jack and Ms. King planned a small, family wedding. The couple is having the ceremony at the home of Valerie and Jack Owens. Her position changed for Biden's most recent bid for president, in which she held no formal role. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden hugs his sister Valerie Biden before getting into his motorcade at New Castle Airport on October 27, 2020.