Jill and Joe Biden’s ‘affair scandal’ resurfaces after ex-wife’s death

Weeks after Joe was elected senator, his wife, daughter and two sons, Hunter and Beau, ages 2 and 3 respectively, were involved in a fatal car accident on December 18, 1972.

At the time, Jill and Bill had been married since February 1970 and lived in Newark, Delaware. Bill opened a popular bar and music venue, The Stone Balloon, close to the campus of the University of Delaware, where Jill completed her studies.

The marriage ended in 1974 and the couple separated. During their contentious divorce, Jill unsuccessfully fought for a share of ownership of The Stone Balloon. The divorce was finalized in May 1975, two months after Jill and Joe claimed they had their first date in March.

But Bill remembered things differently — and accused the Bidens of lying when they met in an earlier interview with local newspaper WDEL.