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Aug 26, 2020 · Joe Biden's mom, Catherine Biden—known to friends as Jean Biden—helped her son at every stage of his political career. She died in 2010 at the age of 92.
Joe Biden, the 46th and current president of the United States, has family members who are prominent in law, education, activism and politics. Biden's immediate family became the first family of the United States on his inauguration on January 20, 2021.
Jan 8, 2010 · Vice President Joe Biden's mother, Catherine Finnegan Biden, died Friday at age 92 at the vice president's Delaware home.
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- Jean Biden Was Remembered in Her Native Scranton as the ‘Mother That Everybody Wanted to Have’ Jean Finnegan spent more than 30 years of her life in northeastern Pennsylvania.
- Jean Taught Her Sons to Stand up to Bullies & Once Told Off a Nun Who Had Mocked Joe Biden for His Stutter. Jean has been described as the type of mother who jumped to her children’s defense when they needed her.
- Jean Was Initially Worried Politics Would Ruin Her Son’s Reputation as a Lawyer. It took Jean some time to get on board when her oldest son told her was interested in running for the U.S. Senate.
- Biden Said His Mother Leaned on Their Catholic Faith to Help Him Cope After His Wife & Daughter Died in a Car Crash. Biden is only the second practicing Catholic to be elected president in the United States.
Jan 8, 2010 · Vice President Joe Biden’s mother, Catherine Eugenia “Jean” Finnegan Biden, died Friday in Wilmington, Del., days after becoming seriously ill, the White House announced.
Jan 9, 2010 · Jean Biden, who raised her son Vice President Joe Biden to believe in what he called “America’s creed . . . everyone is your equal,” died today after falling seriously ill in recent days.
Jan 9, 2010 · Catherine Eugenia Finnegan, who was known as Jean, was born on July 17, 1917, to Ambrose J. Finnegan and Geraldine C. Blewitt of Scranton. In 1941 she married Joseph Robinette Biden, who died...
