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Jill Biden, Joe's chief protector, stepping up as first lady

by Laurie Kellman
| November 29, 2020 7:09 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — She's fended off protesters who made a run at her husband. She's moved him farther from reporters during the coronavirus pandemic. She's supported his presidential ambitions again and again — except in 2004, when she deployed a novel messaging technique to keep Joe Biden from running.

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