To replace Ivanka: what do we know about Ashley Biden, daughter of the President-elect of the United States
'26.11.2020'
Source: Woman.ru
Ivanka Trump is an influential person in American political life. The Western press has repeatedly written that Donald Trump did not make many decisions on his own, but after consulting with an active, brilliantly educated daughter. Ashley Biden, Joe Biden's daughter, will soon take over. Who is she, tells Woman.ru.
Joe Biden will officially become America's new president on January 20, 2021. And this means that he will rightfully enter the White House. And not alone, but with his entire family - his wife Jill, son Hunter and daughter Ashley. Who is Ashley Biden, the future "first daughter" of the United States?
Ashley is Joe's second daughter. Fate decreed that her older sister Naomi (nicknamed Amy) died in a car accident in 1972 along with Biden's first wife Neilia. The girl was then only 15 months old.
Five years later, Joe married a second time - to Jill Biden, and Ashley was born after another 4 years.
The girl received an excellent education. First she graduated from a private school in Bloomington, Delaware, where, in addition to her studies, she was engaged in lacrosse and field hockey. And already there she managed to become famous. Ashley once read that Bonne Bell cosmetics are tested on animals. This made the schoolgirl so indignant that she began writing angry letters to the company demanding an immediate end to animal abuse.
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Later, her attention was attracted by the fact that dolphins get stuck in fishing nets. Then she herself would not have coped - Ashley turned directly to her father, who put her in touch with Congressman Barbara Boxer (the girl nicknamed her "Lady Dolphin"). Together they worked to write and enact the Dolphin Consumer Protection Act 1990. In general, she has a passion for justice and custody of the defenseless since childhood. Her father inspired her to do this.
“My dad always taught me that silence is complicity and that I have to protect anyone who is being treated unfairly. This has stayed with me throughout my adult life and is the guiding principle in my professional life, ”Ashley explained over time.
She majored in cultural anthropology at Tulane University. Although her father was a fairly wealthy and famous person not only in the city, but also in the country, Ashley did not shy away from the most ordinary work - for some time she worked in a local pizzeria. She also worked for four years as an auxiliary staff in a children's psychiatric clinic, then in foster families and juvenile detention centers.
Ten years ago, Ashley, who, unlike her brothers, has always remained in the shadows, received a master's degree in social work from the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania - and here he is, another step towards the dream.
In 2014, Joe's daughter was named executive director of the Delaware Justice Center, an advocate for criminal justice reform.
Ashley still helps former prisoners to become active members of society and find work again.
“One of the curators came to the former prisoner to give him a new form for work, which we found for him. She took a picture of him - the guy was so proud that he returned and can now work! The work we do affects real people, ”Ashley said proudly.
She also founded the Young @ Art program, which provides stumbled students with the means and opportunities to create works of art while they are in detention. Then their creations are sold: one half of the proceeds goes to the author himself, the other - finances the program for the purchase of everything necessary to create objects of art, as well as the salaries of people who work at exhibitions. In general, this is a very noble and important matter.
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In 2015, trouble came to the large and friendly family of the future US president. Ashley Bo's older brother died of brain cancer after a long struggle with the disease. For Ashley, this was a serious blow - she adored Bo since childhood.
“From the moment she was born, the brothers took care of her. She always looked at them with respect and followed on their heels, "- said Jill Biden in an interview.
The death of her brother further strengthened Ashley's belief in her responsibility to work harder and harder. In 2017, Biden founded her own clothing brand Livelihood Collection and presented it at New York Fashion Week.
Its logo is an arrow. This is a tribute to Bo.
“He was my bow. His illness brought me to my knees. I had no choice but to strive forward, to continue to pursue my dreams, ”Ashley said.
By the way, unlike the brand of the same Ivanka Trump, whose place Ashley will soon take, Livelihood has charitable goals: 10% of the proceeds from the sale of unisex hoodies (price from 79 to 99 dollars) is sent to support local charities. The funds go to job development, education and employment in Delaware (where Biden was born) and Columbia (where she started out as a social worker).
Overall, you might get the impression that Ashley is just an angel in the flesh. However, this is far from the case - it was not without a fly in the ointment here. And we would not advise anyone to stand in the way of Ashley.
When she was 21, she was arrested in Chicago on charges of obstructing a police officer. The story is standard: Ashley had a fight with a law enforcement officer on the way out of a nightclub when her not sober friends got into a fight with a man who just asked them to behave themselves. Biden's daughter, according to the press, "verbally intimidated" the policeman, for which she was arrested. She was cleared of charges after she apologized in the courtroom.
She allegedly also had a short conversation with illegal substances - so much so that once Ashley's friend tried to sell to the press a video in which the girl allegedly used "white powder" at a party.
The media did not buy the video, confining themselves to a story about it, after which it turned out that back in 1999, the senator's daughter was arrested for possession of illegal substances, but later released.
However, this did not affect Ashley's reputation in any way. Moreover, she later atoned for her guilt by active social work.
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Ashley, like Ivanka, linked her life with a Jewish man. In 2010, she began dating Howard Crane, an otolaryngologist and plastic surgeon, who was 14 years her senior. By the way, they were introduced by Bo Biden. The age difference did not bother Howard and Ashley - they fell in love and got married two years later. The bride chose a luxurious Vera Wang dress for the celebration. The wedding took place at Brandywine Roman Catholic Church in Greenville, where the girl was baptized many years ago.
And, it seems, before the wedding, Joe Biden was more worried than his daughter.
“I kept telling Ash that we needed to open a church and practice walking up and down the aisle so that I could cope with this,” the future president said shortly before the holiday.
By the way, unlike Ivanka, the newly-made wife did not change her faith - she remained a Catholic. And four years ago she received a private audience with Pope Francis in the Vatican.
In the past few months, Biden has taken on a more public role by joining her father at events. At the same time, she still remains a closed person - she does not have a public Instagram (only personal - and the way there is open only to her family and friends).
Whether Ashley will become part of her father's administration remains to be seen. However, no one doubts that Biden's daughter, if she gets down to business, will try to cope with it.
