The ex-husband of former First Lady Jill Biden, William Stevenson, has been arrested and charged with murder.
According to New Castle County Police, Stevenson has been charged with Murder in the First degree after an “extensive weeks-long investigation into the death of 64-year-old Linda Stevenson.” He was taken to the Howard Young Correctional Institution after failing to post a $500,000 cash bail.
Police responded to the Delaware home after a domestic dispute, finding Linda on the floor. After attempting to revive her, she was pronounced dead.
The New York Post reports that Jill Biden divorced Stevenson in 1975 after a five-year marriage. Two years later, she married then-Senator Joe Biden.
In 2024, Stevenson criticized Jill Biden for allowing former President Biden to remain in the presidential race. “Dr. Jill Biden, who I’ve seen on TV in the last five years, is not the same person I married or that I recognize in any way,” he told the New York Post. “I just don’t understand why she is so adamant about defending him and keeping him in the race since it appears that he’s struggling. She’s matriculated into a completely different woman.”
In May, Jill Biden joined the Milken Institute, a think tank, as chair of its Women’s Health Network. The initiative is designed to “supercharge the women’s health innovation ecosystem – including leading experts in business, health, and philanthropy – and accelerate breakthroughs in women’s health through lifesaving research,” a news release says.
Biden’s role will include “galvanizing participation, collaboration, and shared action in the Women’s Health Network to improve women’s health and wellbeing,” the organization said, noting that Biden’s appointment follows her role in the White House’s Women’s Health Research.
