Jill Biden embarks on charm offensive as president encounters early snags
by Naomi Lim
| February 24, 2021 06:26 PM
| Updated Feb 24, 2021, 11:19 PM
Jill Biden is methodically building her profile as first lady as her husband encounters challenges during the first 100 days of his presidency.
This week, for instance, the first lady held President Biden's hand during a memorial ceremony outside the White House to mark 500,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States, then made her first solo intercity trip to Richmond, Virginia. There, she visited a cancer research center. She also sat down with pop star Kelly Clarkson for her first solo TV interview, which will air Thursday, and will fly with her husband to Houston on Friday to survey the damage caused and hardship experienced in Texas during this month's fatal winter storms.
"So glad to have someone with your heart and your husband's heart in leadership. We've gone through four years of hell," a panelist told Jill Biden after Wednesday's event at the Virginia Commonwealth University's Massey Cancer Center.
"Oh my God," she replied, appearing to roll her eyes in empathy and frustration at the reference to former President Donald Trump before another guest took the microphone she was wearing in an odd moment.
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