Jill Biden earned a Doctor of Education at the University of Delaware; the university reported the degree at its January 2007 ceremony, with a dissertation on keeping community-college students enrolled. She also has two master’s degrees. In 2010 the university gave her a separate honorary degree, and said so. [1][2]
She taught English at Northern Virginia Community College while second lady and kept teaching as first lady. [3]
In December 2020 the writer Joseph Epstein told her in the Wall Street Journal to drop the “Dr.,” calling her “kiddo” and the title “fraudulent, not to say a touch comic.” The piece drew a wide backlash. The question it raised, whether non-medical doctors should use the title socially, is a matter of taste; the degree itself is not in doubt. [4][5]
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