Jill Biden's 2019 memoir described being 'devastated' by divorce from Bill Stevenson, now charged with murder

Former first lady Jill Biden discussed in her 2019 memoir feeling devasted after divorcing Bill Stevenson, who is now charged in his wife's murder.

Bill Stevenson, left, is the ex-husband of former first lady Jill Biden. Stevenson has been charged with the murder of his wife, Linda Stevenson. (Getty Images; New Castle County Police)

"I’m not sure if I knew anyone who was divorced back then," she noted, according to the report. "The very idea horrified me. It meant failure, and in my still-young life, I had never failed at anything serious."

"I felt ugly and inadequate; I was embarrassed and ashamed," she explained, according to the outlet. "In a single devastating year, I went from thinking I had it all to feeling shattered and alone. I questioned if I would ever find love, if I would ever have a family of my own. How could I give my heart to someone again? How could I again risk this humiliation, this hurt? And how could I figure out who, exactly, I was?"

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First lady Jill Biden speaks at the International African-American Museum before President Joe Biden takes the stage on Jan. 19, 2025, in Charleston, S.C. (Grant Baldwin/Getty Images)

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"As a result, an indictment was returned by the New Castle County Superior Court charging 77-year-old William Stevenson with Murder in the First Degree," the department noted.

Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.

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