Joe Biden responded with a video saying 'governing, quite frankly - life for that matter - is about connecting' - words that Jill Biden echoes here. It was the first of several similar accusations Biden faced in the weeks leading up to his campaign launch. Lucy Flores, a former Nevada Democratic assemblywoman, accused Joe Biden this year of kissing the back of her head and sniffing her hair at a 2014 event, when she was a candidate to be Nevada's lieutenant governor. On accusations to Vice President Biden of unwanted touching Martin: Did you encourage him to make that overture? At the time of the hearings, Biden chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, and he has faced heavy criticism over his handling of the hearings - particularly because of corroborating witnesses who were not called to appear before the committee to back up Hill's story. Joe Biden's role in the Thomas confirmation hearings is one of the darkest clouds hanging over Biden's 2020 bid. On Vice President Biden's role in the Clarence Thomas hearings When it comes to the recently renewed controversy over how Joe Biden led the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas, in which law professor Anita Hill accused Thomas of persistent sexual harassment, Jill Biden tells NPR's Rachel Martin, in part, 'It's time to move on.'īiden talked to Martin about her new book, Where The Light Enters, as well as her husband's presidential run. That has meant defending her husband against uncomfortable accusations, both old and new.

But then, her husband is the former vice president and a top contender for the Democratic presidential nomination for 2020.Īnd so while she has maintained her own career, she has also taken her husband's aspirations in stride.Īs the former vice president has launched his presidential campaign, she's had to prepare for the massive commitment required for a White House run, along with the scrutiny.

Jill Biden is accomplished in her own right - she holds two master's degrees and a doctoral degree. And so now it's kind of - it's time to move on,' she said. 'He apologized for the way the hearings were run.

Jill Biden spoke to NPR about her new book and her husband Joe Biden's recent overture to Anita Hill.

Where the Light Enters by Jill Biden