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Jill Biden: Less Hillary Clinton, more Barbara Bush

By Paul Bedard

Published January 15, 2021 1:59pm ET

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Jill Biden: Less Hillary Clinton, more Barbara Bush — Then Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill wave to the crowd as they walk down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Obama-Biden ticket's second Inaugural. She is expected to be very influential in the new Biden administration.

Jill Biden comes into the role of first lady with the most Washington experience since first lady Barbara Bush.

Both former second ladies married to men with storied political resumes, it would be easy to assume that Biden could easily slip into the position and hit the ground running. But as the outspoken Bush found out, there’s nothing that can prepare new first ladies for the glare of the national spotlight.

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