Moreover, he is quite famous in his field. And off we went. And so they are surprised, and theyve known me all my life. We may earn commission from the links on this page. Valerie Biden Owens (November 5, 1945) is an American political strategist, campaign manager and former educator. But I dont think that he is as I dont think that he is as forceful on issues as he has been in the past. As shared in an Instagram post, Meghan King is dating Joe Biden's nephew, Cuffe Biden Owens.King was a cast member on The Real Housewives of Orange County for three seasons from 2015 to 2017. But rather than celebrating, the family was struck a major blow when Biden's wife, Neilia, and daughter Naomi "died instantly" in a car crash while sons "Beau and Hunter were seriously injured." "As a sister, I saw my brother come alive again," Owens said, calling her sister-in-law "a gift to my brother. "I wasn't building a resume for a political future. See you on Monday. Jack and Valerie Owens, at their home on their own wedding anniversary. Right? And year after year, cycle after cycle, the candidate that he chooses has gone on to become the Democratic nominee. He is an attorney based in Los Angeles. She remained with the company until Mr. White dissolved it in 2016, but said she took a leave during Mr. Bidens Senate campaigns as well as his 2008 run for the Democratic nomination, when his campaign paid the firm about $1.6 million. Its a beautiful church. But this area doesnt have anything. Valerie helped look after her nephews so that Joe could begin his first term as senator in 1973. Nobody. But behind-the-scenes funding for the all-expenses-paid meeting came from SOCAR, the state-owned oil company, amid an image-burnishing effort by Azerbaijans authoritarian leader, Ilham Aliyev. Thats why South Carolinians are choosing Tom Steyer. And I thought he could pull together enough of a coalition of Democrats, moderates and disaffected Republicans to win. Uh, Dalhi Myers is, of course, my daughter. King, who was previously married to former pro baseball player Jim Edmonds, first introduced Owens to her nearly 1 million Instagram followers in late September. And if hes not, and that vote splits across candidates, what does that mean for the Democratic primary? And Im sure he had close ties with his son what you gonna think? The two were wed in a Roman Catholic ceremony at the Church Center for the United Nations in 1975. Let us stand for the call to worship. Owens' rsum includes many impressive political positions, including, as her official bio states, being "one of the first women in the United States to have managed a modern U.S. Senatorial campaign, as well as a Presidential campaign.". .css-ssumvd{display:block;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.0625rem;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.25;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-ssumvd:hover{color:link-hover;}}@media(min-width: 40.625rem){.css-ssumvd{letter-spacing:0rem;margin-top:0.9375rem;}}Menopause: Its Not That Complicated, Dress for Successs Your Hour, Her Power Campaign, 7 Surprising Habits of Women Who Get Sh*t Done, Three Effective Stretches for Shoulder Pain, Five Blessings for When You Just Cant Deal. Owens is the second husband of his mother. She was the campaign manager during all of his Senate elections and for his 1988 and 2008 presidential campaigns, as well as a senior advisor to his successful 2020 presidential campaign. Perched on a chair pulled before a crackling fireplace in Joe Biden's office at the Biden Institute at the University. And during a 2020 CNN town hall, he admitted that he still stutters "occasionally, when I find myself really tired," adding, "It has nothing to do with your intelligence quotient. The Real Housewives of Orange County alum, 37, did, however, inform her ex-husband, Jim Edmonds, . Black people generally go to church. "If there was any guy he knew, I couldn't go out with him because he knew the son of a gun," Owens recalled. In 2008, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington released a report, A Family Affair that analyzed payments by members of Congress to their relatives. Mr. Biden has emphasized his ability to work across the aisle with Republicans. Im a reporter. The Biden campaign declined repeated requests to interview Ms. Owens for this article, but provided a statement: Anyone who meets Valerie can immediately see her innate talent and intrinsic skill, said Elizabeth Alexander, a campaign spokeswoman. It was called family.. I think he understands where you are. So 10 miles so the closest doctor, five-mile walk on the dirt road to school, is that because Lower Richland is black? Vogue even went as far as to call her "the Joe Biden whisperer. [INAUDIBLE] Victory for the V, yeah. Val is kind of the connective tissue throughout the course of the campaigns from '72 to today," deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield told BuzzFeed News in 2020, referring to her as Biden's "emotional guardrails.". Ms. Owens spoke twice at the gathering, where speaking fees ranged from $2,500 to $15,000 for former Obama administration officials, according to a report by The Washington Diplomat, a publication covering the diplomatic community. I think people have, for far too long, thought that all black people were this monolithic think block, sort of like the Borg from Star Trek, you know? Im out campaigning for Joe Biden. Im the third child. No, no, no, no were both already there. "His brother, Kevin Owens, is founder of Staple Street Investors, which owns Dominion Voting." It's true that the president-elect's sister is married to a man named John Owens, according to a New York Times wedding announcement from 1975 . Last Monday morning, Claire, Annie and I went to meet a woman named Bernice Scott. As The New York Times notes, she got divorced, remarried, and had her oldest daughter, Missy, while living with her brother. But folks, the vote is in your hands. . But only partially. He fell in love with her very quickly, and she fell in love with my brother," she continued, adding, "She made my brother whole." Owens managed for Joe Biden's 1988 presidential campaign. Noting that she's "very certain that his stuttering really chiseled who he is," Owens argued that "because of it, he developed a backbone of steel and became a little boy of courage, and a little boy with a great deal of empathy.". The car was struck by a truck. I was excited for him. Ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the United States, Joe Biden. [CHEERING] Thank you, Pittsburgh! I really appreciate it. ", Valerie Biden Owens has been an integral part of Joe Biden's political career. There's been an accident.'" When did you decide that this made sense? And that seemed to be true for many South Carolinians. There is no relationship with Stephen Owens, co-founder of a private equity firm. Let me thank all the people outside in a second overflow room. Please enter valid email address to continue. This is home. Owens is the son of the president's sister, Valerie Biden Owens, and her husband, Jack. Valerie and Bruce had both worked on Joe Biden's first Senate campaign in 1972. Owens also shared how Neilia's "were tough shoes to fill. You know, so because they had me all hyped up by Hillary, I had bought me a dress to wear to the inaugural ball, and I aint wore it yet. Missy Owens, now 43, began working on Mr. Giulianis legislative affairs team in June 1998, and remained until August of 1999. Dennis Owens is a 6o-year-old American Anchor at ABC27. Merely a few minutes ago she was putting a three-year-old and fifteen-month-old to bed. Valerie, one of the first female campaign managers in United States history, writes of the role of family, faith, and fate in shaping her life, and the power of empathy and kindness in the face of turmoil and division. Hows it going? And its the first primary that really represents a test of how these candidates can do among black voters nationally. Casey Owens joined the Treasury Department as special assistant to the senior coordinator for China, also in 2009, and left the government in 2011. I really had a searching of the soul in there, and a few things really got me where Im at [INAUDIBLE]. King's previous husband, former big league slugger Jim Edmonds, whom she shares three children with, . [13], In 2014, Owens was a Resident Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics. That hes been there, that they know him and that they trust him. And this is real. ", In addition to his parents, Biden also received plenty of support from Valerie Biden Owens who, according to The Washington Post, helped him work through it, even though, as she told PBS' Frontline, she didn't even realize he stuttered until she "got into fourth or fifth grade." Shes also been a leader within the Democratic National Committee, serving on the National Board of the Womens Leadership Forum. In fact, there are very few secrets left about Joe Biden, but that's not the case when it comes to his younger sister and favorite sibling Valerie Biden Owens. Now, Owens finds herself at the door of the White House, with her older brother as always. In 2015, he lost his son Beau to brain cancer at just 46 years old. Go for it. And thats part of why I switched. We gotta get an answer. What were year were you born? He can squeak, peak, whatever he want to do, as long as he win. So your daughter did work some magic a little bit? Dalhi says she ran an outside the box, anti-establishment, upstart political campaign. She and Owens, a Los Angeles attorney and the son of the president's sister, Valerie Biden Owens, were married in October in a small ceremony at Owens' parents' house in Pennsylvania. Worried that his constituents had forgotten what he stood for, Mr. Biden wanted fresh commercials. Tom Steyer. "From the time I can remember, I opened my eyes, and he was there. In 2008, a Washington-based good government group took issue with his Senate campaigns payments to relatives, which included Ms. Owens. Yall came to the front door. In addition to working on her brother's campaigns, Owens is the vice-chair of the Biden Foundation and the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware, is a partner at Owens Patrick Leadership Seminars, was appointed to the MGM Public Policy Institute Advisory Board at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and more. Valerie and Jack had actually met on a blind date before her first marriage, facilitated by Biden and his then-girlfriend, Neilia. So we had to treat people with dignity. If he was supposed to win by 30, by 40 . How many how big was your family? October 12, 2021 / 8:01 AM ", The 2020 election marked the first time that Owens had no official role, and it took some adjusting. I might put it on and go out, because Ill be working at the poll. "And any guy he didn't know, I couldn't go out with because he didn't know the son of the gun. In December 2020, Reuters published a "fact check," clarifying that "Joe Biden's sister is not married to Dominion Voting Systems' owner after multiple social media posts alleged that Owens' husband was Stephen Owens. Caitlin O'Kane is a digital content producer covering trending stories for CBS News and its good news brand, The Uplift. Here's what you need to know about one of Biden's closest confidantes. Mr. Bidens campaign said Hunter Bidens firm worked on the account but he was not involved and received no payments from it. When I went to school, I had to walk about five miles to go to school as a kid. Valerie and her husband, John T. Owens, have three children, none named Stephen. Normal got us to where we are. About a year ago, the Sanders campaign, and most other campaigns, reached out to me and asked me to come and sit with the candidate, do a small meet-and-greet. 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