Joseph Biden & Jill Tracy Jacobs (m. 17 June 1977 - present) (1 child)

In 1975, Biden met Jill Tracy Jacobs, who grew up in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, and would become a teacher in Delaware. They had met on a blind date with the help of Biden's brother, although it turned out that Biden had already noticed her picture in a local advertisement.

Biden would credit her with renewing his interest in both politics and life.

On June 17, 1977, Biden and Jacobs were married by a Catholic priest at the Chapel at the United Nations in New York. They have one daughter, Ashley Blazer (born 1981), who became a social worker and staffer at the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families.

The Bidens are Roman Catholics and regularly attend Mass at St. Joseph on the Brandywine in Greenville, Delaware.