All About Joe Biden's 4 Children: Beau, Hunter, Naomi and Ashley

Mar. 15, 2025

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In addition to being president of the United States,Joe Bidenassumes another very important role: dad.

He welcomed his first three children, sonsBeauandHunterand daughterNaomi, with hislate wife Neilia Hunter. Joe had his fourth child, daughter Ashley, during his second marriage tofirst lady Jill Biden.

Despite Joe’s busy schedule as president, he’s made it a point to uphold his duties as a dad. His family has been an integral part of his life, in part due toa number of personal tragedieshe’s faced, including the deaths of his late wife, Neilia, daughter Naomi and son Beau.

Since his days in the U.S. Senate,he’s had an unwritten ruleto uphold family responsibilities. “If I find out you are working with me while missing important family responsibilities, it will disappoint me greatly,” he wrote in a 2014 letter to his staff.

His kids have acknowledged their dad’s commitment to them over the years, often praising his kind character. “Dad is so empathetic and has the ability torecognize pain, to feel others' pain and to comfort,” Ashley toldToday. “We have a rule still today that no matter where dad is, no matter what meeting he’s in, if one of the kids call, you have to let him know.”

In June 2024, Hunterwas convictedofthree felony chargestied to the possession of a gun. Joe had previously said he would not use his presidential power to pardon his son, however, in December 2024, Hunter was given afull presidential pardon.

Joe’s decision to pardon Hunter came just months afterending his reelection campaign. President Biden had the full support of his family, including Hunter, who penned a touching tribute to his father on X (formerly Twitter).

“For my entire life, I’ve looked at my dad in awe. He is unique in public life today in that there is no distance between Joe Biden the man and Joe Biden the public servant of the last 54 years,” he wrote. “I’m so lucky every night I get to tell him I love him, and to thank him.”

Keep scrolling for everything to know about President Biden’s four children.

Beau Biden

Beau Biden at the Democratic National Convention in 2008.Mark Wilson/Getty

Beau was Joe’s eldest son, born on Feb. 3, 1969, with the legal name Joseph Robinette Biden III, after his father and grandfather. His mom was Neilia, Joe’s first wife who died in a car crash in December 1972. Beau was alsoin the vehicle during the tragedyand was 4 years old at the time.

Although he survived the fatal wreck, Beau was badly injured. When Joe was sworn into the U.S. Senate in 1973, he did so at a hospital bedside in Wilmington, Delaware — which he rarely left when his children were recovering from injuries.

Beau graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991 and Syracuse University College of Law, like his father. Upon graduation, he worked as counsel to the Office of Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Justice in Philadelphia and later as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office from 1995 to 2004.

In 2003, he joined the Delaware Army National Guard and attained the rank of major in the Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Beau was deployed to Iraq in 2008 and served on active duty overseas until late 2009.

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Beau was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in August 2013 and received radiation and chemotherapy treatments in the two years that followed. In May 2015,Beau diedat the age of 46.

Joe shared a very close bond with his eldest son and penned a 2017 memoir in his name. TitledPromise Me, Dad, the book touches on conversations between the father and son during Beau’s final days.

Like Joe, Beau was a family man. He dedicated much of his time to his wife,Hallie Olivere, and their kids,Natalie Bidenand Robert Biden II.

Hunter Biden

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Hunter, whose legal name is Robert Hunter Biden, is Joe and Neilia’s second son, born on Feb. 4, 1970. He was also in the car during the December 1972 crash that killed Neilia and survived alongside his brother, Beau. Hunter was 2 years old at the time of the tragedy.

After graduating from Georgetown University in 1992, he metKathleen Buhlewhom he wed in 1993. Theyshare three children together: daughters Naomi, Finnegan, and Maisy.

Personal troubles continued for Hunter in the years that followed. One month after he was commissioned in the Naval Reserve as a public affairs officer, he was discharged in February 2014 after testing positive for cocaine use. (His addiction, among other controversies, later became topics thatDonald Trumproutinely attacked him for throughouthis father’s 2020 campaign.)

Hunter (left) and Joe Biden.Teresa Kroeger/Getty

In August 2015, Hunter faced controversy again when a data leak showed him as a registered user of Ashley Madison, a dating website for people seeking extramarital affairs. (Hunter vehemently denied that he ever registered for the website.)

That same year, Hunter and Kathleen filed a consent motion to end their marriage in a “dignified, respectful and family-focused manner.” They eventuallyfinalized their divorcein 2017after 24 years of marriage.

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In 2018, a woman named Lunden Roberts claimedHunter fathered her daughter, Navy Joan Roberts. WhileHunter denied paternity of the child, DNA testing later confirmed Roberts' claims.

Joe made hisfirst public statementabout his granddaughter in July 2023.

“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward,” he told PEOPLE. “This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”

The statement came one month after Hunter and Roberts settled their child support case.

When Hunter and Hallie split in 2019, hemarried Melissa Cohen that same yearjust days after meeting (they share one son together,Beau, named after Hunter’s late brother).

In June 2023, Hunter was charged onfederal misdemeanor chargesof failing to pay federal income tax and a felony charge of illegally possessing a weapon.

The first plea deal that Hunter reached with prosecutors, which would have seen him plead guilty to two tax charges and reach an agreement on the felony gun charges, fell apart when a judge said she had concerns about linking the tax plea agreement to the deal prosecutors reached on Hunter’s gun charge.

Hunter pleaded not guiltyto federal misdemeanor charges of ​​failing to pay federal income tax.

In September 2023, Hunter wasindicted on three countsrelated to the possession of a gun. Two of those counts were tied to his allegedly signing a form stating that he was not using illegal drugs when he purchased a revolver in October 2018. The third count alleged that Hunter possessed a firearm while using a narcotic.

Hunter was convictedofthree felony chargeson June 11, 2024. A Delaware jury reached its guilty verdict in Hunter’sfederal gun trialafter three hours of deliberations spread across two days.

The charges could have warranted up to 25 years in prison and $750,000 in fines. However, in December 2024, Joe gave his son afull presidential pardon.

“I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice,” President Biden said in astatement. “It is clear that Hunter was treated differently.”

Naomi Biden

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Joe and Neilia (pictured above) welcomed their third child, Naomi, on Nov. 8, 1971. She died at the age of one during the 1972 car crash that also killed her mom. In the years that followed, Joe has been vocal about his losses and how they’ve affected him and his family.

Most recently,he delivered an emotional speech about the Uvalde shootingat the Texas elementary school. “To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away. There’s a hollowness in your chest, you feel like you’re being sucked into it,” Joe said. “And it’s never quite the same.”

Hunter’s daughter Naomi is named in her honor.

Ashley Biden

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Ashley is the youngest of Joe’s children, born on June 8, 1981. She is the first and only child Joe and Jill share together.

She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Tulane University and a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice in 2010. That same year, shemet Howard Kreinthrough her late brother, Beau. Theywed in a joint Catholic-Jewish church servicein 2012.

After graduation, Ashley began her career in social work. Thanks to her parents' political influence, she has dedicated her life to giving back to the underserved communities around her. Notably, she worked for the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families for 15 years and served as the executive director for the Delaware Center for Justice from 2014 to 2019.

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In 2017, she combined her commitment to social justicewith her passion for fashion. After launching Livelihood Inc., a “socially and ethically conscious apparel company,” she teamed up with Gilt to sell a collection of hoodies with 100 percent of net proceeds donated to Livelihood’s community development initiatives.

Ashley appeared with her dad on thecampaign traila number of times leading up to the 2020 election. Ashley could be seendancing on stageafter his victory speech.

In 2022, she was the center of an investigation afterher diary was stolenand sold toProject Veritas— aself-described"non-profit journalism enterprise” with a history of undercover operations and other secretive tacticsthat critics have long saidare far more manipulative than journalistic.

At the Democratic National Convention in August 2024, Ashley took the stage to speak about her dad. Her remarksbrought Joe to tears.

“Joe Biden is the O.G. girl dad,” she said to the audience. “Before he walked me down the aisle, he turned to me and said he would always be my best friend. All these years later, Dad, you are still my best friend.”

source: people.com