Jill and Joe Biden were married by a catholic priest on June 17, 1977, at the chapel at the United Nations in New York City. This was four and a half years after Joe's first wife and infant daughter died in a motor vehicle accident; Joe had proposed several times before she accepted, as she was wary of entering the public spotlight, anxious to remain focused on her own career, and initially hesitant to take on the commitment of raising his two young sons who had survived the accident.
