First published on October 11, 2021 / 1:51 PM. I am a council person on the Richland County Council, District 10. Who actually took Bernice Scotts seat on the Richland County Council. Because when the African-American community decides, were going to move into Super Tuesday as they call it, where theres significant African-American vote. He has depth about what hes saying, and he speaks to that from his heart. The Bidens left their home in Delaware to attend the nuptials of nephew Cuffe Owens to Meghan O'Toole King. Nine out of 10 times, we have the same intuitive reaction to things." I dont expect anything, but I know one thing. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Initially married to Bruce Saunders (who, according to The New York Times , "handled the budget" for Joe Biden's 1972 US Senate run), Owens and her first husband moved in with Biden and put on a brave . Remembering Biden's '72 U.S. Senate run, Owens recalled (via BuzzFeed News) how folks "did believe at the time [] that a woman's role in a campaign was to open and close the headquarters and to get coffee." If you cant motivate me to go vote for you, and I want to vote for you, how are you going to get people who are not inclined to go vote to go vote for you? That would be. I thought that he would have been could have served as a tremendous president. After graduating from the University of Delaware, Valerie married a man named Bruce Saunders. One brother, James Biden, took charge of raising money. How at age 50, Valerie Biden Owens ventured out on her own 09:59 "I went at the urging of my husband and kids, who said 'mom, you're always telling us to reach and risk. Looks like thats not the case. Valerie Biden Owens has been at his side for 76 years but has deliberately stayed in the background. Mr. Biden has emphasized his ability to work across the aisle with Republicans. I have had it happen to me, so I know the pain. So Ms. Owens took on yet another critical assignment stand-in mother for Mr. Bidens two surviving sons. I mean, if Im sitting here going, Well, I can sit that one out, and Im going to vote, how do you get people that you need to motivate to go and vote? Mr. Biden is supported by his family including his sister, Valerie, left, at a rally in Dubuque on the day of the Iowa caucuses in 2008. Im your neighbor. Owens, 42, is a Los Angeles-based attorney and the son of the president's sister and close adviser, Valerie Owens, and her husband, Jack. "She was really good at the. All of them were. She is absolutely his political alter-ego and confidante, David Wade, Mr. Bidens press secretary, said. Val was the critical anchor who helped Joe decide he was going to remain in the Senate, and to decide he was going to go on with life, said Senator Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, who has known the Biden family for years. Her position changed for Biden's most recent bid for president, in which she held no formal role. Biden's father was initially wealthy, but later suffered several financial setbacks; for several years the family lived with Biden's maternal grandparents in Scranton, Pennsylvania. "I wasn't building a resume for a political future. Joe Biden has had a lot of hits. In 1972, shortly after Biden won his first Senate race, Biden's wife, Neilia, was driving their three children to get a Christmas tree. Elena Nicolaou is the former culture editor at Oprah Daily. / CBS News. What were year were you born? Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden hugs his sister Valerie Biden before getting into his motorcade at New Castle Airport on October 27, 2020. No, right. Owens is the son of the president's sister, Valerie Biden Owens, and her husband, Jack. I really did. [17] Owens currently sits on the advisory board for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Public Policy Institute. Were from The New York Times. How did it end up? Right? But you had to walk those roads if you wanted to go to school. But it also makes the groups voting power, or determinative power, less in the primary. She left her job at the company to run her brothers campaigns, she has said. Theyre saying, lets go back to normal. Valerie Biden Owens in August at the Pepsi Center in Denver, on the day her brother, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., addressed the Democratic National Convention. And while Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen did add that "Valerie is the President's oldest and closest political advisor [and] that will never change," she conceded that Owens "is the first to know that his role is different now and so is hers.". Owens and her first husband, Bruce, moved in with Joe Biden and his sons in order to provide the care that Beau and Hunter needed. King announced her relationship with Owens in an Instagram post on September 25. My vote is too expensive. The reporter and at least one editor know the identity of the source. I was like, wait, what? Hes of his own generation and is looking at this political moment with his own lens. Theres no choice there. And for us lay people, what does that mean? Thats the only advantage that ever worked for me.. Owens is the son of the president's sister, Valerie Biden Owens, and her husband, Jack. 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.". On Saturday, South Carolina will hold its primary, with results expected starting around 8 p.m. Next week, the Democratic presidential race moves to 14 different states on Super Tuesday. While there is no clear consensus on Valerie Biden Owens' net worth, some sites have placed it at between $3 and $5 million as of 2020. President Biden's brother -in-law, John Owens, reached out to Hunter . There was nothing, because it sent us a message to the entire population, that we, too, have a right to be a part of this. South Carolina has a chance to make history, but we have to get this right. Well, it was basically a black community. But margins do matter, particularly in South Carolina. I used to think that that was the way to win. His leadership PAC also paid $38,974 to Hunter Bidens firm for legal fees in 2005 and 2006. Valerie Biden Owens watching the New Hampshire primary results for Mr. Biden in Nashua, N.H., earlier this month. Parents didnt have access to jobs. He loves to spend time with his family members. No, no. And this wasnt the first time that Biden had lost family members. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the South Carolina primary by around 50 points. Its a powerful moment, where he relates his personal story to their tragedy. He said, Come on, Val, weve got places to go, things to do and people to see, so lets go. And I was his perpetual sidekick.. [LAUGHING] Well, Ill tell you like this. I think its Joe Biden., I mean, in some ways, thats what the campaign is, the message that its giving to its supporters is, right? I guess I was kind of wavering, looking at the field, and then I met Tom. The fact that Owens was introduced to her husband by her brother comes as no surprise since Biden has always been involved in his sister's love life. PA. He also reported on politics and statehouse separately. From L to R, US Vice President Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden, his sister Valerie Biden Owens and her husband Jack Owens attend the funeral of the. Literally, literally, youre able to do this. ", Joe Biden has made no secret of his lifelong stutter while encouraging those suffering from the affliction to persevere. Writers spend their entire careers searching for the secret sauce to penning a New York Times best seller. It could send the message that the old way of doing things, where you can run in South Carolina and pass out a bunch of dollar bills and think that thats the end of it, or feed people a chicken sandwich or a fish fry . Neilia and the kids were driving home from buying a Christmas tree when their car "was hit broadside by a tractor-trailer." The Democratic Party is not the party of black people. It was called family.. A memoir from Valerie Biden Owens, Joe Biden's younger sister, trusted confidante and lifelong campaign manager. A spokesperson for Staple Street . Valerie Biden is Joey's sister and John Owens is his brother in law. We had a lack of transportation, public transportation. We know we keep bothering you. Valerie was born to Joseph Robinette Biden Sr . It was exactly what my brother would have done for me. Valerie Biden Owens (From left) Marc Lasry, Susan Harrison, Edward Harrison and Valerie Biden During his years in the Senate, Biden's family benefited financially in other ways as he. and speaks with the congregation about grief. That Owens is the owner of Dominion Voting Systems, which sells "end-to-end election solutions," including voting hardware and software. In the mid-1970s, Valerie Biden Owens went through a major upheaval in her personal life. Our editors handpick the products that we feature. There was plenty of money around. A congressional ethics investigation found that participants were lavished with gifts. [CHEERING], We were told that it was going to rain, and thered be a small turnout. 2021 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Have they proved reliable in the past? Here's what you need to know about Valerie, a pivotal part of the future president's life. King's previous husband, former big league slugger Jim Edmonds, whom she shares three children with, . Joe Biden has been the subject of countless news stories, and the focus on POTUS 46 has only intensified since his inauguration. His approval rating is at 90 percent with the Republican Party. In this revelatory, engrossing memoir, Valerie Biden Owens shares stories from growing up in Delaware as the only daughter of the close-knit Biden family. Do the sources know the information? "As a sister, I saw my brother come alive again," Owens said, calling her sister-in-law "a gift to my brother. I mean, it was just this room packed full of people, and they were rabidly cheering for Bernie. Ms. Owenss first husband, Bruce Saunders, handled the budget. Plain talk, no foolishness. LA-based attorney Owens, is the son of Joe Biden's sister Valerie Owens, who advised his 2020 campaign Reality TV star Meghan King, 37, had only revealed they were together in September a. And year after year, cycle after cycle, the candidate that he chooses has gone on to become the Democratic nominee. Missy Owens, now 43, began working on Mr. Giulianis legislative affairs team in June 1998, and remained until August of 1999. She has been my best friend my entire life.". Im going to do everything in my power to earn your respect, earn your vote. Dalhi considers herself conservative within the Democratic Party. [CHEERING], Thank you, Santa Ana! Still, she remained heavily involved in the journey, and was one of the voices encouraging him to run and keep his spirits up when the campaign took hits. Yall came to the front door. See you on Monday. Following the accident, Owens quit her job as a teacher and moved in with Biden and his sons. 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. The commitment at that time was making sure the boys were OK and making sure that Joe was able to fulfill his responsibilities.. My names Astead. Together with my father, her husband of 61 years who passed away in 2002, we learned the dignity of hard work and that you are defined by your sense of honor. It wasnt unusual. [1], Owens has played a substantial role in all of her brother's political campaigns. The two tied the knot in 2014 and share three children together: Aspen King, Hart, and Hayes. From The New York Times, this is The Field. Im Astead Herndon in South Carolina. [24][25][26][27] In October 2021, Cuffe Owens married reality TV star Meghan King. Do something, in light of what is happening to the country and to us brown people, you know? But I do think the old way of speaking to people, reaching people, and sort of lemming-like, sending them off to do a thing, it doesnt work. (19152002). She has been my best friend my entire life," Biden wrote of Owens, 74, in his memoir Promises to Keep. Seriously? But I went and literally sat through the first introduction with a good friend of mine, Courtney [INAUDIBLE] and I just sat there laughing. White House Archives for President Barack Obama 09/13/2016. Of course, Sanders has always had this type of energy. Owens's first husband, Bruce Saunders, handled the budget. After graduating from the University of Delaware, Valerie married a man named Bruce Saunders. Valerie and her husband, John T. Owens, have three children, none named Stephen. Valerie helped look after her nephews so that Joe could begin his first term as senator in 1973. No, no, no, no were both already there. October 12, 2021 / 8:01 AM But I think that Biden has been able to pull some strength from that. Valerie Biden Owens has been at his side for 76 years but has deliberately stayed in the background. As Senator Chris Coons told The New York Times, "Val was the critical anchor who helped Joe decide he was going to remain in the Senate, and to decide he was going to go on with life. Im out campaigning for Joe Biden. "If there was any guy he knew, I couldn't go out with him because he knew the son of a gun," Owens recalled. Thats why I know yall are strangers. Mr. White acknowledged that his arrangement with Ms. Owens was somewhat unusual in the industry, saying he was not aware of any top politician who had a relative working for the candidates media consulting firm. Valerie Biden Owens is the first woman in U.S. history to have run a presidential campaign that of her brother, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. She also led his seven straight U.S. Senate victories and has been his principal surrogate on the campaign trail. Dennis Owens is a 6o-year-old American Anchor at ABC27. Owens is the son of Biden's sister Valerie Owens, pictured next to President Biden in a black and white dress in 2013 Megan then gave birth to their first child, Aspen King, who was born on . Im here to earn. [CHEERING] Thank you, Pittsburgh! Lets get back to What is normal? Ms. Owens is advertised by several speakers bureaus, with one listing her minimum speaking fee at $40,000. And afterwards, I watched, I guess , Thank you, Michigan! If he only wins by a little, is that success? Owens is the second husband of his mother. The small wedding took place at the home of the president's sister Valerie and her husband Jack Owens, the parents of the groom. Obama versus Hillary, who did you support? We had a meeting, and he was there, pastors and certain church leaders. Ursuline Academy inducted her to their Distinguished Alumnae Hall of Fame in 2018. Please enter valid email address to continue. (SINGING) Praise Him. In South Carolina, more than 65 percent of the Democratic electorate is made up of black voters. [13], In 2014, Owens was a Resident Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics. That luster is just not there. Yall here now, so I might as well let yall in on this side. It is not Ms. Owenss speaking ability, though, but her management and organizational skills that some have credited with propelling her brother to the Senate seat in Delaware. I buy overpriced clothes. What was it like growing up in Lower Richland in the, what, 50s, 60s? For more ways to live your best life plus all things Oprah, sign up for our newsletter! Valerie sits on the . Biden family lore holds that Ms. Owens ran her brothers campaign for class president 60 years ago, and has been at it ever since. He served with someone we really cared about. I did not give it much credence. What's more, while working for media consulting firm Joe Slade White & Co., the company was paid "about $1.6 million" by the 2008 Biden campaign (although Owens made it clear that she "took a leave" from the company at that time). And sometimes, as all the preachers in here know, sometimes even faith leaves you just for a second. She quit her job as a teacher to stay home with the boys full time. She got a lot of quality people really super involved.. Because Id had to do it against a machine. By being reluctant about granting interviews of her own, Owens has managed to keep most of the ups and downs she's faced to herself, but we've done some major digging to uncover the surprising facts you need to know. Owens is a lawyer and the son of the president's sister, Valerie Owens. Mr. Bidens campaign said Hunter Bidens firm worked on the account but he was not involved and received no payments from it. I had a better seat at the table because my brother is at the head of the table, Ms. Owens has said, acknowledging the symbiosis of the relationship. [CHEERING] Thank you, Denver! A frequent surrogate for Joseph R. Biden Jr. on the campaign trail, Ms. Owens has a rsum that reveals how politics, business and family converge for the Bidens. She appears quite tall in her photos. Today, they have three children, per her bio. "Valerie Biden Owens (Joe's sister) is married to John Owens," a Facebook post read. Look, this is an incredible opportunity. Um, I wanted to hear just about you and how you view the primary and whats going on here, but also just about your life. Valerie has run Biden's political campaigns throughout his careerincluding his campaign for high school class president, and his bid for Senate at age 29. Appreciate you guys. You get back up on your own power. Biden was "a man with a broken heart," but that changed when Jill Jacobs came along. But she can also look him in the eye and say, Dont do this. She can tell him the stuff that nobody wants to hear. Have they proved reliable in the past? Yesterday, I went to church and I prayed about it, and I think, you know, that he really is going to win. who has undergone his own sort of transformation in the last couple of weeks. One of Valerie Biden Owens' first major wins as Joe Biden's campaign manager was helping her 29-year-old brother win a seat in the US Senate in 1972. Casey Owens, now known as Casey Castello, works in Starbucks management in Seattle. Isnt there some irony there? Even with these questions satisfied, The Times uses anonymous sources as a last resort. Valerie Biden Owens is one of the first women in the United States to have managed a modern U.S. Senatorial campaign, as well as a Presidential campaign. [18], Owens has played a substantial role in all of her brother's political campaigns dating back to his first campaign, for the New Castle County, Delaware council in 1970. And while I was in Washington or on the road, Val was there every day." Im Bernice Scott. We may earn commission from the links on this page. The first is to restore the soul of the nation. Bishop Myers has always voted. In his memoir Promises to Keep, Biden elaborates on the instrumental role Owens played in holding the family together. I told him, Ive got to be honest with you I dont think youve got a chance to win, Mr. Kaufman said recently. As Biden took office, she wrote, she took comfort in the fact JFK and Obama used . 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.". Yeah, its the Reckoning Crew. The Reckoning Crew. Its nice to meet you. Valerie Biden Owens Physical Status. She was really good at the management part of the campaign, Mr. Kaufman said. Seriously? This is something Biden talks about all the time. We gotta get an answer. And the most important political figure in South Carolina, Congressman Jim Clyburn, he endorsed Joe Biden. It was called family.". The couple has three children. Thats why South Carolinians are choosing Tom Steyer. I really had a searching of the soul in there, and a few things really got me where Im at [INAUDIBLE]. Owens, 42, is a Los Angeles-based attorney and the son of the president's sister and close adviser, Valerie Owens, and her husband, Jack. There's been an accident.'" I really appreciate it. Just as she had done at every other stop campaigning for her brother, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., Ms. Owens invoked the deep personal suffering he endured, and how it infused him with empathy and toughened him against adversity. Biden has said that family is integral to him, and his younger sister is one of the people who has been by his side the longest. Grief-stricken, Mr. Biden thought about relinquishing his Senate seat. [33], In 2021, Forbes listed Owens on their Impact List of 50 Women over 50 who are inspiring change in their communities through social entrepreneurship, law, advocacy and education. You dont have to spend a lot of time guessing.. Hair Color: Brown. Ted Kaufman, a one-time Biden aide who succeeded him as a senator, recalled his friends first Senate campaign in 1972. Casey Owens joined the Treasury Department as special assistant to the senior coordinator for China, also in 2009, and left the government in 2011. All people. I didnt take it seriously. [LAUGHING] Wow. This is the untold truth of Valerie Biden Owens. Even with these questions satisfied, The Times uses anonymous sources as a last resort. She continued, "My mom would always say to us that 'There's nobody better than you, but you're no better than anybody else.' Im the third child. Well, no way. Valerie's work has brought her around the world. Hows your convincing efforts with your family going? Valerie and Bruce had both worked on Joe Biden's first Senate campaign in 1972. Vice President Biden will win. There is no relationship with Stephen Owens, co-founder of a private equity firm. And I was voting, OK? Like, isnt it like it seems as if youre advocating for a new form of politics, but at the same time, the community, the state you represent, might matter less because of that. The mayors senior staff thought highly of her political skills, said several of her former colleagues who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were discussing private assessments. I really appreciate your time in these last couple days. As Biden wrote in his memoir, Promises to Keep, "she was the cornerstone that allowed me to sustain and then rebuild my family." Weve seen him. Jeremy Fraser/LA Exposures According to the couple,. The status quo just wont do. Joe Bidens team said that he would have a big firewall in the state, that he would show his strength. Shes been on my handlebar since she was 3 years old, he told another South Carolina church gathering. Valerie Biden's husband (John Owens) tried to get Hunter Biden's help in acquiring a business license in China back in 2014. I was telling them earlier that my fathers a COGIC pastor. I never want anyone to ever say that money could buy my vote. When I went to school, I had to walk about five miles to go to school as a kid. Whether or not this has been true for the Reckoning Crew, the evidence tells us there has been some drift away from Biden across the state. And its the first primary that really represents a test of how these candidates can do among black voters nationally. She is the younger sister of Joe Biden, the 46th and current President of the United States. How many how big was your family? But these women are confident that the vote is still there. [APPLAUSE] There are three basic reasons why Im running for president of the United States. And off we went. We always do better when we act as one America. Youve been so helpful to us, Bishop. We had a nice little baseball team. And so he had to bring that baby back home in his arms to my mother. Valerie Biden Owens is married to John Owens, the owner of a telemedicine company in Delaware, according to. But this area doesnt have anything. Merely a few minutes ago she was putting a three-year-old and fifteen-month-old to bed. And Im her proud father. I was excited for him. He just laid it all out. The ceremony was scheduled to take place at the Kennett . So if we turn that around, we could say that it matters more, because it reveals that you are looking at this group in the wrong way. Tom Steyer. Just a different Pentecostal denomination. You either go to heaven or go to hell. Could winning the crucial black vote in South Carolina change the course of the former vice presidents struggling campaign? At least in my experience, only faith, only faith. Dalhi says she ran an outside the box, anti-establishment, upstart political campaign. You can control this outcome. Cuffe Owens the son of Mr. Biden's sister, Valerie Owens, and her husband Jack and Ms. King planned a small, family wedding. I had a better seat at the table because my brother is at the head of the table, Ms. Owens, left, has said, acknowledging the symbiosis of the relationship with her brother Joe Biden, right. I used to agree with it. As per the sources, he has two sisters in the family named Valerie James Owens (also known as Missy Owens) and Catherine Eugenia Owens (also known as Casey Owens Castello). And maybe its just that its not a one size fits all, and people have desire. A 2008 New York Times profile shows just how long, and how consistently, Valerie has held this position. Ms. Owens campaigns for her brother at a luncheon last October in Hilton Head, S.C. Do the sources know the information? Oh, yeah. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. A few days after we talked to Bishop Myers, we got word that he was planning to vote early. Family and politics are closely connected with the Bidens. Initially married to Bruce Saunders (who, according to The New York Times, "handled the budget" for Joe Biden's 1972 US Senate run), Owens and her first husband moved in with Biden and put on a brave face but, as The Washington Post notes, their "marriage was fraying." 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