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The tragedy that struck Biden’s life

His love Joe Biden with his first wife, Neila Hunter, was love at first sight. The two met during a vacation in the Bahamas when they were still students, and have since become inseparable until they were abruptly separated by death.

Joe and Neilia’s marriage in August 1966 seemed to be a fairly quick step in their relationship, however, no one knew that such a strong attraction between them would end in tragedy less than seven years later. In the course of their joint journey, they planned their future together, even aiming that Joe would at some point engage with the public after his involvement with law.

By 1971 they had three children, Bo, Hunter and Amy, and in 1970 Biden’s first attempt at politics was successful with his election to the New Castle County Council. Two years later, Neilia took the lead in Biden’s campaign against the Republican Boggs for US Senate, with Biden in November 1972 being the second youngest person in history to be elected senator. A reality that made the couple wonder what could possibly follow in the rapid rise of their political careers.

The answer, unfortunately, came on December 18, 1972, with Joe going to his Washington office and Neila planning some Christmas shopping. At about 2:30 p.m., Neila was driving on a country road in Delaware with her three children in the back seat of her car when she was involved in a fatal accident. rolling. Under unclear circumstances, it went in the opposite direction and the car was swept away by a passing truck.

The family was evacuated from the wreckage of the car and taken to Wilmington General Hospital, but it was too late for Neila and 13-month-old Amy, who were pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. The two boys were more fortunate, with Bo having a broken leg and Hunter having injuries to his skull.

Biden immediately realized that something bad had happened when at noon the same day his sister, who answered his office phone, suggested that he return home, as a small accident had occurred. “She’s dead, isn’t she?” He told her, according to biography.com, and the direct flight to Wilmington confirmed his worst suspicions.

But Joe did not have the opportunity to fully process his grief with the little ones sons are still in a state of uncertainty. At this point, he has stated that he understood that suicide seemed a tempting choice, although he knew he could never abandon Bo and Hunter.

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