Dr. Jill Biden

Former First Lady Dr. Jill Biden appeared at The Progressive Forum to discuss her New York Times bestselling book, View from the East Wing: A Memoir. The event took place at the Wortham Theater Center, Houston, Texas, on July 28, 2026.
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Background

Jill Biden, former First Lady of the United States, is the New York Times bestselling author of Where the Light Enters and her children’s books Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops, Joey: The Story of Joe Biden, and Willow the White House Cat. She served as Second Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. As First Lady, she advocated for military families, the Biden Cancer Moonshot, community colleges, and women’s health research—and maintained a full-time career teaching English as a community college professor. She chairs the Milken Institute’s Women’s Health Network. A mother and grandmother—and now great-grandmother—she lives with her husband, former President Joe Biden, in Wilmington, Delaware, with their cat, Willow, and two dogs, Scout and Boo.

Generously sponsored by Jenny and Mike Blocher, Mary Cubanski and Don Griffin, Melanie Gray and Mark Wawro, Amy Sutton and Gary Chiles.

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Thanks to videographers:

Ben Doyle, BEND Productions

Thanks to photographer CJ Martin

For citing this website as a source: ProgressiveForumHouston.org

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