Post by Admin on Nov 7, 2020 5:37:22 GMT
For the last four years, Ivanka Trump has enjoyed unprecedented power and influence as the First Daughter of the United States.
But Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner - who both hold unpaid but clearly hugely powerful positions within the Trump presidency - could soon find themselves out of the White House. In the last couple of hours, Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden has taken the lead in Pennsylvania and is now poised for victory, leading in four of the remaining swing states.
Replacing Ivanka and Jared will be Ashley Biden, 39, the only child of Joe and Jill Biden, and her plastic surgeon husband, Dr Howard Krein, 53.
Unlike Ivanka, Ashley doesn't appear to relish the spotlight, doesn't document her life on Instagram (she only has a private account), and doesn't appear to be angling for a role within her father's administration.
Born less than a decade before Joe Biden launched his first (unsuccessful) bid for the presidency, Ashley has grown up surrounded by politics and under the watchful eye of brothers Hunter and Beau, the latter of whom died from brain cancer in 2015. The boys were the product of Joe's first marriage to Neilia, who died in a 1972 car crash alongside their infant daughter Naomi.
Ashley has had public brushes with the law - she was reportedly arrested in 1999 for possession of marijuana and in 2002 for obstructing a police officer - and faced questions over her husband's role in Biden's campaign, but has otherwise stayed largely under the radar. Instead, she has focused on building a career in social work and social justice, and has also launched a charity clothing label.
In recent months, Ashley has taken on a more public role, joining her father at events and introducing him at the Democratic National Convention, but she still remains a relatively rare sight on the public stage.
Here, a closer look at the woman who could soon be knocking Ivanka off her perch...
Born in 1981 in Wilmington, Delaware, Ashley, now 39, is the daughter and only child of Joe Biden, 77, and English professor Jill, 69. Her father was first elected as Senator almost a decade earlier, so Ashley was born into the world of politics.
Ashley has described how her passion for public service was 'in her DNA', thanks not only to her father's political career, but also her mother's work as an English professor.
Prior to moving to Washington, DC, Jill, who holds four degrees, taught at a community college in Delaware, at a public high school, and at a psychiatric hospital for adolescents.
'The passion [for public service] started at a very young age,' Ashley said in a 2017 interview with Glamour. 'My dad is a lifelong public servant; my mom was a public-school teacher — it's in my DNA.
'When I was a kid, I always really loved animals, and I found out that Bonne Bell lip gloss was testing on animals, so I organized my school to start writing letters to [the company]. Then I became obsessed with the plight of dolphins getting stuck in tuna nets. My dad connected me with Congressman Barbara Boxer, who I nicknamed the "dolphin lady," and she got me onto the floor to help lobby Republican congressman for The Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act.'
