Dr. Jill biden her doctorate, the subject of a controversial opinion column in the Wall Street Journal, is said to be one of her achievements of which she is extremely proud.
“That was a big surprise,” Dr. Biden told CBS Late Show host Stephen colbert on Thursday night, sitting next to her husband, President Eòs biden. “It was really a ton of it … He called me ‘kiddo.’ One of the things I’m most proud of is my doctorate. I mean, I worked so hard on her shon. “
Writing for the Magazine, Joseph epstein, who was a consortium professor at Northwestern University, suggested that Biden’s doctorate in education from the University of Delaware did not entitle her to use the honorary “Dr.”, as she did not have a medical qualification. So her use of “Dr” “feels deceptive, not to say comic touch”, he wrote.
The column encountered widespread harassment and sexual allegations, as well as indulging in hypocrisy that is common to many attendees. rightwing attacks.
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Dr Biden ‘s dissertation was on increasing student retention in community colleges. She also holds two Masters degrees. She has said she will continue to work in education while she is a first woman.
“I taught all eight years while I was a second woman, right,” she told Colbert, referring to her husband’s eight years as vice president. air Barack obama.
“I’m really looking forward to being a first lady and doing what I did as a second lady. Continuing with military families and free education and community college, cancer [research] That is, you know, Joe and I have been working. And then I’m going to teach too. “
She also said that her husband was present when she defended her doctoral dissertation – “I got her doctorate on the stage, University of Delaware,” he said – and thanked those who defended her against Epstein ‘s attack.
“Look at all the people who came out supporting me,” she said. “I mean, I’m so grateful and I was, you know, I was just deceived by how gracious people were.”
The Bidens talk to Stephen Colbert.
Colbert asked President Biden if the column had made him stand up for his wife, “to be eager to get out of the pool row and go full Corn Pop on those people.”
That was a reference to ideas for which Biden was criticized in a Democrat primary school, when he remembered looking down on a bully at a pool in Delaware in his youth.
Biden seemed misled into saying yes, but Dr. Biden said: “The answer is no.”
Biden said: “I’ve been banishing my Irishman for a long time.”
Biden was also asked if he would be willing to work with an attacking Republican and in particular his son, Hunter Biden.
“If it benefits the country, yes, I really mean it,” he said. “It doesn’t mean I wasn’t angry. It doesn’t mean I was back in the high days. school, I wouldn’t say, ‘Come here, you know, and take a walk.’
Probably feeling repetitive – Biden started his main run saying he wanted to fight Donald trump – Dr. Biden resubmitted.
“But you have to take the high road,” she said.