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{{short description|American social worker and fashion designer}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Ashley Biden
|image = Ashley Biden in 2016.png
|caption = Biden in February 2016
|birth_name = Ashley Blazer Biden
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|6|8}}
|birth_place = [[Wilmington, Delaware]], U.S.
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|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse = {{marriage|[[Howard Krein]]|2012}}
|parents = [[Joe Biden]]<br>[[Jill Biden]]
|family = [[Family of Joe Biden|Biden]]
|education = [[Tulane University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Pennsylvania]] ([[Master of Social Work|MSW]])
|occupation = {{hlist|Social worker|fashion designer}}
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'''Ashley Blazer Biden''' (born June 8, 1981) is an American social worker, activist, philanthropist, and fashion designer. She is the daughter of U.S. [[President of the United States|President]] [[Joe Biden]] and the only child with his second wife, [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Jill Biden]]. She served as the executive director of the Delaware Center for Justice from 2014 to 2019. Prior to her administrative role at the center, she worked in the [[Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families]]. Biden founded the fashion company Livelihood, which partners with the online retailer [[Gilt Groupe]] to raise money for community programs focused on eliminating income inequality in the United States, launching it at [[New York Fashion Week]] in 2017. She is married to physician [[Howard Krein]].

== Early life and education ==
Ashley Blazer Biden was born on June 8, 1981, in [[Wilmington, Delaware]].<ref name="ap-timeline">{{cite news | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/22/politics/p222636D16.DTL | title=Timeline of Biden's Life And Career | publisher=Associated Press | date=August 23, 2008 | access-date=September 6, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popsugar.com/node/47463956|title=Get to Know All of Joe Biden's Kids and Grandkids!|first=Hedy|last=Phillips|date=May 14, 2020|website=POPSUGAR Family}}</ref> Her father, [[Joe Biden]], is the [[president of the United States]] and previously served as [[vice president of the United States|vice president]]. Her mother is educator [[Jill Biden]].<ref name= wedding>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/fashion/weddings/ashley-biden-howard-krein-wedding.html|title=Ashley Biden and Howard Krein (Published 2012)|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 3, 2012}}</ref> She has two half-brothers, [[Hunter Biden]] and the late [[Beau Biden]] and a half-sister, the late [[Naomi Biden]], her father's children with his first wife, [[Neilia Hunter Biden]].<ref name= heavy>{{Cite web|url=https://heavy.com/news/2020/08/ashley-biden/|title=Ashley Biden, Joe's Daughter: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|first=Jessica|last=McBride|date=August 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a32389157/ashley-biden-joe-biden-daughter/|title=Joe Biden's Youngest Daughter, Ashley, Lives the Most Low-Key Life of His Kids|first=Katherine J.|last=Igoe|date=September 28, 2020|website=Marie Claire}}</ref> Biden is a great-great-granddaughter of [[Edward Francis Blewitt]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.lafayette.edu/2012/05/03/vice-president-joe-biden-discusses-american-innovation/ |title=Vice President Joe Biden Discusses American Innovation |last=Gehman |first=Geoff |publisher=[[Lafayette College]] |date=May 3, 2012 |access-date=April 15, 2020 }}</ref> She is of English, French, and Irish descent on her father's side and English, Scottish, and [[Sicilians|Sicilian]] descent on her mother's side.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://irishamerica.com/2013/03/joey-from-scranton-vice-president-bidens-irish-roots/|title=Joey From Scranton: VP Biden's Irish Roots|date=March 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/isbn_9780061791987|title=Joe Biden : a life of trial and redemption|first=Jules|last=Witcover|date=October 11, 2010|publisher=New York : William Morrow/HarperCollins|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/31/AR2009053102568.html|title=Obamas' Chow: Politically Palatable|first=Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne|last=Roberts|date=June 1, 2009|work=The Washington Post}}</ref>

Biden was raised in the Catholic faith and was baptized at [[St. Joseph's on the Brandywine]] in [[Greenville, Delaware]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/daughter-of-us-vice-president-marries/|title=Biden's daughter marries into the tribe|website=timesofisrael.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/joe-biden-daughter-ashley-biden-howard-krein-wed/|title=Joe Biden Daughter, Ashley Biden, Howard Krein Wed|website=PEOPLE.com}}</ref> During her childhood, her father served as a United States senator from Delaware and her mother worked as an educator.<ref name= today/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Politico|date=December 18, 2014|title=Women Rule Keynote: Vice President Joe Biden|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0rCpsC1onE&feature=youtu.be&t=302|access-date=October 11, 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Enda Kenny, Ashley Biden, Joe Biden, and Fionnuala O'Kelly.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Irish Taoiseach [[Enda Kenny]], Biden, Joe Biden, and [[Fionnuala Kenny]] at [[Farmleigh]] in 2016.]]

Biden attended [[Wilmington Friends School]], a private school run by the [[Religious Society of Friends]] in Wilmington.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=cpb>{{cite interview|url=https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/sites.udel.edu/dist/4/10696/files/2018/01/advocating-for-justice-and-equality-an-interview-with-ashley-biden-2al8eyv.pdf|title=Advocating for Justice and Equality: An Interview with Ashley Biden|first=Ashley|last=Biden|interviewer=M. Kristen Hefner|work=New Visions for Public Affairs|publisher=School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware|date=Spring 2014|volume=6|pages=5–11|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name= rutgers/> Biden graduated from [[Archmere Academy]], a private Catholic school, in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 12, 2020|title=Joseph R. Biden '61 Becomes First Auk Elected as President of the United States|url=https://www.archmereacademy.com/News-Detail?pk=1241181|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119044520/https://www.archmereacademy.com/News-Detail?pk=1241181|archive-date=November 19, 2020|access-date=November 19, 2020|website=Archmere Academy|language=en}}</ref> While at Archmere, her father's alma mater, she was a member of the [[lacrosse]] and [[field hockey]] teams.<ref name= thelist/> When Biden was in elementary school, she discovered that the cosmetics company [[Bonne Bell]] tested its products on animals. She wrote a letter to the company asking them to change their policy on animal testing.<ref name= elle/> She later got involved in dolphin conservation, inspiring her father to work with Congresswoman [[Barbara Boxer]] to write and pass the 1990 Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act.<ref name= today>{{Cite web|url=https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/ashley-biden-takes-on-the-world/|title=Ashley Biden Takes On The World|date=August 22, 2018}}</ref> Biden made an appearance before members of the [[United States Congress]] to lobby for the legislation.<ref name= elle/>

Biden earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in [[cultural anthropology]] from [[Tulane University]].<ref name= wedding/> During her freshman year of college, she worked at Girls Incorporated, now Kingswood Academy, as a camp counselor.<ref name= cpb/> She also interned at a summer program at [[Georgetown University]], working with youth from [[Anacostia]].<ref name= cpb/>

== Career ==
After college, Biden worked as a waitress at a pizza shop in Wilmington for a few months before starting her career in social work.<ref name=":0" /> She moved to [[Kensington, Philadelphia]], and started a job as a clinical support specialist at the Northwestern Human Services Children's Reach Clinic, assisting youth and their families with accessing resources and working directly with psychiatrists and therapists.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="cpb" /><ref name="newsbreak">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsbreak.com/people/ashley-biden|title=Ashley Biden - Biography & News|website=News Break}}</ref>{{Deprecated inline|certain=yes|date=May 2021}} She obtained a master's of social work degree from the [[University of Pennsylvania]]'s [[University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice|School of Social Policy and Practice]] in 2010. She served as the commencement speaker at [[Rutgers University]] for the [[Rutgers School of Social Work]] in 2015.<ref name="rutgers">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rutgers.edu/news/ashley-biden-daughter-vice-president-speak-rutgers-school-social-work-convocation|title=Ashley Biden, Daughter of the Vice President, to Speak at Rutgers' School of Social Work Convocation|website=rutgers.edu}}</ref><ref name="elle">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a33645978/who-is-ashley-biden-joe-biden-daughter/|title=All About Ashley Biden, Joe's Youngest Daughter With a Civically-Minded Fashion Label|first=Savannah|last=Walsh|date=August 19, 2020|website=Elle}}</ref> She was one of twelve graduates who received the [[John Hope Franklin]] Combating American Racism Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/local/20100518_At_Penn__Biden_speaks_at_daughter_s_graduation.html|title=At Penn, Biden speaks at daughter's graduation|first=By Claudia Vargas, Inquirer Staff|last=Writer|website=inquirer.com}}</ref>

=== Social work and activism ===
Biden works as a social justice activist and social worker.<ref name= thelist>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelist.com/176589/ashley-bidens-transformation-is-seriously-turning-heads/|title=Ashley Biden's transformation is seriously turning heads|first=Kelsie|last=Calderon|date=November 26, 2019|website=TheList.com}}</ref> After finishing graduate school, she gained a job at West End Neighborhood House, a non-profit organization, as their Employment and Education Liaison for adjudicating youth developing various employment and job skills training programs.<ref name=":0" /><ref name= cpb/><ref name= newsbreak/>{{Deprecated inline|certain=yes|date=May 2021}} She worked as a social worker in the [[Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families]] for fifteen years.<ref name= wedding/><ref name= elle/> While working for the department, Biden created programs for youth focusing on juvenile justice, foster care, and mental health.<ref name= elle/> In 2008, she was listed in ''Delaware Today''{{'}}s "40 People to Watch" for her work in the department.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://delawaretoday.com/uncategorized/40-people-to-watch/|first=Matt|last=Amis|title=40 People to Watch|work=Delaware Today|date=May 23, 2008|access-date=October 14, 2020}}</ref> In 2012, she joined the Delaware Center for Justice as an associate director, focusing on criminal justice reform in the state.<ref name= heavy/><ref name= today/><ref name= elle/> She helped establish and run programs and services at the center focused on public education, adult victim services, gun violence, incarcerated women, and community reentry.<ref name=cpb/> Overseeing all direct servicing programs at the center, Biden worked with victims of crime, adjudicated youth, elderly prisoners, adults on probation and parole, truant youth, and [[Pennsylvania courts of common pleas]] clients who were eligible for mediation.<ref name= cpb/> In 2014, she was promoted to Executive Director of the center, and served in that capacity until 2019.<ref name= elle/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oprahmag.com/life/a33656664/joe-biden-children/|title=How Joe Biden's Children Have Inspired and Carried on His Political Legacy|first=Grant|last=Rindner|date=August 20, 2020|website=Oprah Magazine}}</ref> She implemented a program called SWAGG: Student Warriors Against Guns and Gangs, endorsed by the [[Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention]], which provides educational resources and community-based support groups aimed at eliminating violent crimes and gang activity among youth in [[New Castle County]].<ref name= cpb/>
[[File:Ashley Biden Plays Games With South African Children (4690981899).jpg|thumb|200px|right|Biden playing with children at the Mapetla Day Care Centre in [[Soweto]], South Africa during an official visit in June 2010.]]
In 2014, Biden criticized the [[death penalty in the United States|death penalty]], stating that it is not cost effective and wastes resources that could go towards victim services and crime prevention.<ref name= cpb/>

She founded the Young@Art program that provides resources and outlets for students to create artwork while they are detained in detention facilities, and then sells the art in the community.<ref name= cpb/> Half of the proceeds of the art go directly to the artists, and the other half goes into funding the program to buy art supplies and to pay the wages of youth who work at the community art shows.<ref name= cpb/> Through the program, Biden also teaches the students business and financial literacy skills.<ref name= cpb/>

=== Fashion ===
In 2017, Biden launched the Livelihood Collection, an ethical fashion clothing brand, at Spring Place in [[TriBeCa]] during [[New York Fashion Week]].<ref name= elle/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/fashion/joe-biden-gilt-fashion-week.html|title=Joe Biden Drops by a Fashion Party. The Reason? His Daughter. (Published 2017)|first=Valeriya|last=Safronova|date=February 8, 2017|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/ashley-biden-sweatshirt-line-livelihood-is-style-with-social-conscience|title=Ashley Biden's New Sweatshirt Line Is Style With a Powerful Social Conscience|first=Leah|last=Bourne|website=Glamour}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a32389803/joe-biden-children/|title=Everything You Need To Know About Joe Biden's Four Children Before Tonight's Debate|first=Emily|last=Shiffer|date=September 29, 2020|website=Women's Health}}</ref> The launch event was attended by Biden's parents and celebrities including [[Olivia Palermo]] and [[Christian Siriano]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/celebrity/news/joe-bidens-fashion-designer-ashley-daughter-livelihood-collection/|title=Joe Biden's Fashion Designer Daughter Just Raised The Normcore Bar|website=Grazia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guestofaguest.com/new-york/events/joe-biden-takes-over-new-york-fashion-week-with-gilt|title=Joe Biden Takes Over New York Fashion Week With Gilt|website=Guest of a Guest}}</ref> The brand collaborated with [[Gilt Groupe]] and [[Aubrey Plaza]] to raise $30,000 for the [[Delaware Community Foundation]].<ref name= elle/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/stylish/news/former-vp-joe-biden-supports-daughter-ashley-at-fashion-week-w465793/|title=Joe Biden Supports Daughter Ashley at Her NYFW Debut!|date=February 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/joe-biden-supports-daughter-ashleys-debut-at-new-york-fashion-week-see-the-adorable-pics/65-404666224|title=Joe Biden Supports Daughter Ashley's Debut at New York Fashion Week -- See the Adorable Pics!|website=wusa9.com}}</ref> Livelihood's logo, an arrow piercing through the letters "LH", was inspired by Biden's half-brother Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015.<ref name= lily/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://technical.ly/delaware/2017/02/09/ashley-biden-livelihood-launch/|title=Here's what went down at the NYC launch of Ashley Biden's charitable clothing line|first=Tony Abraham /|last=contributor|date=February 9, 2017|website=Technical.ly Delaware}}</ref> Biden stated that "[Beau] was my bow. His cancer brought me to my knees. I had no choice but to shoot forward, keep going, keep aiming at my own dreams."<ref name= lily/>

Biden created the brand to help combat income inequality and racial inequality in the United States.<ref name= today/><ref name= elle/> All the proceeds from the brand launch at New York Fashion Week were allocated to programs for communities in need.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/joe-biden-supports-daughter-ashley-new-york-fashion-week-event/2055406/|title=Former Vice President Joe Biden Supports Daughter Ashley's New York Fashion Week Event}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Nguyen | first=Diana | title=Ashley Biden Makes Her Fashion Designer Debut in a Hoodie | website=E! Online | date=February 8, 2017 | url=https://www.eonline.com/news/827521/joe-biden-s-daughter-ashley-biden-makes-her-fashion-designer-debut-in-an-awesome-hoodie | access-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/joe-biden-supports-daughter-ashley-new-york-fashion-week-event/2031274/|title=Former Vice President Joe Biden Supports Daughter Ashley's New York Fashion Week Event}}</ref> Ten percent of the brand's continued sales are donated to community organizations in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and the Riverside in Wilmington.<ref name= lily/> Livelihood's products are made with American-sourced organic cotton and are manufactured in the United States.<ref name= eco>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecowatch.com/ashley-biden-livelihood-2259220668.html|title=Ashley Biden Shows Ivanka Trump How to Make American Fashion Great Again|date=February 13, 2017|website=EcoWatch}}</ref><ref name= teenvogue>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ashley-biden-partners-with-gilt-on-livelihood-clothing-line|title=Joe Biden's Daughter Launched Clothing That's ACTUALLY Made in the U.S.|first=Melanie|last=Mignucci|website=Teen Vogue}}</ref> She decided to design hoodies due to their connection to the [[Labor Movement]], and their symbolic significance toward social justice movements.<ref name= eco/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/style/ashley-biden-joe-biden-s-daughter-launches-new-hoodie-line-t108034|title=How Joe Biden's daughter is giving back with her new hoodie line|website=TODAY.com}}</ref> The brand's website provides information about civic engagement and economic justice.<ref name= eco/><ref name= teenvogue/>

Along with [[Colleen Atwood]], [[Barbara Tfank]], [[Rachel Zoe]], [[Bibhu Mohapatra]], [[Betsey Johnson]], [[Calvin Klein]], [[Oscar de la Renta]], [[Anna Sui]], [[Paul Tazewell]], and other designers and fashion houses, Biden designed outfits for 12-inch vinyl dolls of the ''[[Peanuts]]'' characters [[Snoopy]] and Belle for the 2017 ''Snoopy and Belle in Fashion'' exhibition.<ref name= apparel>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apparelnews.net/news/2017/sep/14/snoopys-fashion-tour/|title=Snoopy's Fashion Tour|website=apparelnews.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snoopyandbelleinfashion.com/|title=Snoopy and Belle In Fashion|website=Snoopy and Belle In Fashion}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artsbrookfield.com/event/snoopy/|title=Snoopy & Belle in Fashion|website=Arts Brookfield}}</ref> The exhibition kicked off on September 7, 2017, at [[Brookfield Place (New York City)|Brookfield Place]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/will-joe-biden-run-in-2020-his-designer-daughter-ashley-sure-hopes-so-10973384/|title=Will Joe Biden Run in 2020? His Designer Daughter Ashley Sure Hopes So|first1=Rosemary|last1=Feitelberg|date=September 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://therecessionista.com/new-snoopy-belle-exhibit-at-ny-fashion-week-features-hamilton/|title=New Snoopy and Belle Exhibit features Hamilton Costumes|date=September 7, 2017|website=The Recessionista®}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/snoopy-belle-brookfield-place-exhibition-new-york-fashion-week-party|title=Snoopy and Belle's Fashion Exhibition Party at Brookfield Place|first=Condé|last=Nast|website=Vogue}}</ref> It toured in San Diego, Los Angeles, and several other cities throughout the United States before closing on October 1, 2017.<ref name= apparel/>

In June 2020, Biden designed the uniforms for the staff at the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. as an offshoot of her Livelihood Collection<ref name= lily>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelily.com/she-may-join-her-fathers-campaign-closer-to-2020-but-for-now-ashley-bidens-focused-on-economic-equality-and-hoodies/|title=She may join her father's campaign closer to 2020, but for now, Ashley Biden's focused on economic equality and hoodies|first=The Lily|last=News|website=thelily.com}}</ref><ref name= Washington>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/08/12/what-will-her-dads-campaign-mean-for-ashley-bidens-fashion-line/|title=What Will Her Dad's Campaign Mean for Ashley Biden's Fashion Line?|date=August 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/06/12/ashley-biden-knows-presidential-campaign-is-coming-now-shes-talking-hoodies-economic-inequality/|title=Ashley Biden knows a presidential campaign is coming. For now, she's talking hoodies and economic inequality.|first=Robin|last=Givhan|work=The Washington Post|date=June 12, 2019}}</ref> The uniforms were unveiled at a private launch party.<ref name= Washington/> The hotel donated $15,000 to Livelihood.<ref name= lily/><ref name= Washington/>

== Personal life ==
[[File:Joe Biden dances the hora with his daughter.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Biden and her father dancing the [[Hora (dance)|hora]] at her wedding reception with her husband [[Howard Krein]] looking on.]]
In 2002, Biden was arrested in [[Chicago]] and charged with obstructing a police officer.<ref name= chicago>{{Cite web|last=services|first=Items compiled from Tribune news|title=Senator's daughter arrested in Chicago|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-08-04-0208040276-story.html|access-date=October 17, 2020|website=Chicago Tribune|date=August 4, 2002}}</ref> She was leaving a club on [[Division Street]] when a friend, John Kaulentis, threw a soft-drink can at a police officer who had told him to stay behind a barricade set up to keep club patrons off of the street.<ref name= chicago/> The situation escalated and resulted in another friend, Kelly Donohoe, hitting an officer.<ref name= chicago/> As Kaulentis and Donohoe were being taken in to custody, Biden allegedly "verbally intimidated" an officer and was arrested.<ref name= chicago/> All three were released on their own [[recognizance]].<ref name= chicago/>

In 2009, a friend of Biden attempted to sell a video, reportedly of Biden using [[cocaine]] at a party, to the ''[[New York Post]]'' for $2 million.<ref name= hindu>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world/joe-biden-s-daughter-caught-on-camera-snorting-cocaine/story-qozubVpTVctLgmIaWXrgZJ.html|title='Joe Biden's daughter caught on camera snorting Cocaine'|date=March 30, 2009|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-aug-04-na-briefs4.1-story.html|title=Sen. Biden's Daughter Arrested in Altercation|date=August 4, 2002|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Negotiations brought the price down to $400,000 but the newspaper declined the offer, choosing instead to publish a story about the alleged video.<ref name= hindu/><ref name= vanity>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2009/03/ashley-biden-drugs-and-the-real-cause-for-outrage|title=Ashley Biden, Drugs, and the Real Cause for Outrage|first=Mike|last=Hogan|website=Vanity Fair}}</ref> After the ''New York Post'' published the story, it was revealed that Biden had previously been arrested in 1999 in [[New Orleans]] for possession of [[marijuana]], but the charges were dropped and she was released.<ref name= vanity/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/bidens-family-members-have-prior-arrests-yet-have-seen-no-jail-time/|title=Report: Joe Biden's family members have prior arrests for drugs and drunk driving. So why no jail time?|date=July 12, 2020|website=Law Enforcement Today}}</ref>

In 2010, she began dating [[Howard Krein]], a plastic surgeon and [[otolaryngologist]], after being introduced by her brother, Beau.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelist.com/237917/the-truth-about-ashley-bidens-husband/|title=The truth about Ashley Biden's husband|first=Erin|last=Fenton|date=August 18, 2020|website=TheList.com}}</ref> They married in a Catholic-Jewish [[interfaith marriage|interfaith]] ceremony at St. Joseph's on the Brandywine in 2012.<ref name= wedding/><ref name= elle/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/ashley-biden-marries-jewish-doctor-1.5169138|title=Ashley Biden, daughter of U.S. Vice President, marries Jewish doctor|website=Haaretz.com}}</ref> Her husband, who is Jewish, works at [[Thomas Jefferson University Hospital]] in Philadelphia and is an assistant professor of facial, plastic, and reconstructive surgery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/meet-joe-bidens-future-son-law/story?id=16475464|title=Meet Joe Biden's Future Son-in-Law|website=ABC News}}</ref>

Biden is a practicing Catholic.<ref>{{cite news | title=Parishioners not surprised to see Biden at usual Mass | author=Gibson, Ginger | publisher=[[The News Journal]] | date= August 25, 2008}}</ref> She joined her husband, father, and brother in a private audience with [[Pope Francis]] in the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpel965.com/vice-president-joe-biden-meets-with-pope-francis/|title=Vice President Joe Biden Meets With Pope Francis|website=KPEL 96.5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vvdailypress.com/article/ZZ/20160429/NEWS/304299966|title=The Latest: Biden meets with Vatican secretary of state|agency=Associated Press|website=vvdailypress.com}}</ref>

In August 2020, Biden spoke at the [[2020 Democratic National Convention]] before her father accepted the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.demconvention.com/press-releases/democrats-announce-highlights-for-final-night-of-the-2020-democratic-national-convention/|title=Democrats Announce Highlights for Final Night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention|date=August 20, 2020|website=2020 Democratic National Convention|access-date=October 11, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115172245/https://www.demconvention.com/press-releases/democrats-announce-highlights-for-final-night-of-the-2020-democratic-national-convention/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/hunter-biden-ashley-biden-show-032135232.html|title=Hunter Biden, Ashley Biden show support for dad Joe at DNC|website=news.yahoo.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 20, 2020|title=Hunter and Ashley Biden speak on behalf of their father|url=https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article245129355.html|access-date=October 11, 2020|website=McClatchydc}}</ref> On August 6, Biden hosted an organizing event for Wisconsin Women for Biden to discuss the Women's Agenda, released by her [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|father's campaign]], and bring awareness to women's issues in the [[2020 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stcroixcountydemocrats.org/events/wisconsin-women-for-biden-organizing-event-with-ashley-biden|title=Wisconsin Women for Biden Organizing Event with Ashley Biden|website=St. Croix County Democratic Party}}</ref>

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