"Was betrayed by them": Ex-husband of Biden's wife raises serious allegations - disclosure book is to follow
Joe Biden seems to be well on his way to the White House. But shortly before the election, his past catches up with him. It's about the time he met his current partner.
o The US elects its future president on November 3rd.
o So far, Joe Biden has been able to rely on his clean image.
o According to a previous supporter, that is probably over.
London / Munich - The truth, as the saying goes, is the first victim in a war. Now Donald Trump and Joe Biden are fighting each other in the US election campaign with all means - including unfair means. But neither of them have to fear for their lives. The truth still falls by the wayside in this struggle for the White House, which will hopefully be decided on November 3rd.
Because a lot is at stake for both of them. The incumbent has long known that not every word he says should be weighed in gold. At the moment, for example, he likes to suggest that he does not simply want to accept an election defeat that is impossible in his eyes anyway. It is therefore difficult to assess whether Trump will really let it escalate. But it would hardly surprise an expert.
US election campaign: Former supporter sows doubts about Biden's clean image
His challenger, on the other hand, has more of a clean image. Biden's word can be trusted. So it seemed despite the various smear campaigns that were poured out on the Democratic candidate. Now, of all people, a former supporter of the former Vice President is questioning his integrity.
In the UK's Daily Mail, Bill Stevenson, the ex-husband of Biden's current wife Jill, accuses a couple of cheating on him behind his back. He is denying the official version, according to which the political star met his partner on a blind date in 1975, when she was no longer with Stevenson. What makes this liaison particularly emotional is the fact that Biden himself had recently lost his first wife, Neilia, in a car accident.
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But maybe the whole Joe and Jill story was too good to be true. At least Stevenson replied to the question of whether the story with the blind date was true: “No, not a bit.” His accusation: “I was betrayed by the Bidens."
As early as 1972 Stevenson, who is working on an as-yet-untitled book on the revelations, wants to have introduced the current dream couple to each other. Back then, he even supported Biden's campaign when he was aiming for a place in the US Senate: "I contributed between 2500 and 3000 US dollars."
Both couples - the Bidens and the Stevensons - would have spent time together. How can you forget that? ”Doubts Stevenson, who at the time had opened a well-known beer house in Delaware including a concert stage. In December 1972 Neilia then came on so horribly killed.
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Not even two years later - Stevenson himself puts the time at August 1974 - he had the first feeling that Biden and his Jill were having an affair: “At that time, one of her best friends came to me and said that Joe and Jill shared their opinion after a little too close would come. I was surprised that she went to me with it. "
Another indication was added in October. At the time, Jill was in a car accident and Stevenson said he spoke to a witness: “He looked at me and said she did not drive. I asked, 'She didn't drive her beloved Corvette herself?' He said that Senator Biden was behind the wheel. "
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So he confronted his then-wife and asked directly if she was having an affair with Biden. “She didn't say a word - she just looked at me,” Stevenson recalls. By then, at the latest, there was no longer any doubt for him. The divorce was finalized in May 1975, and Jill married Biden a good two years later.
“It was a long time ago, but it's also up-to-date again,” emphasizes Stevenson: “Because he always picks people up by character .” Although he doesn't feel any negative feelings towards the two of them. His vote in November will go to Trump, and he once made his cross with Barack Obama - regardless of Vice Biden.
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He could still find it difficult to nibble on Stevenson's remarks on the way to the White House . According to the Daily Mail, Biden's spokesman directly questioned their truthfulness: “ These claims are fictitious, presumably to sell and advertise a book. Joe and Jill Biden's relationship is well documented. "
Nevertheless: The damage should already have been done. While the struggle for truths will probably pick up even more momentum in the final sprint before the election. (mg)