While studying for her bachelor's degree, Biden married Bill Stevenson in 1970, but they separated in 1974; a year later, she met then-newly minted U.S. Senator Joe Biden.
Ngenkathi enza iziqu ze-bachelor, uJill washada noBill Stevenson ngo-1970, kodwa bahlukana ngo-1974 ngemuva konyaka, wahlangana noSenator wase-US owayesanda kuqanjwa ngaleso sikhathi.