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Naomi Biden Top Facts About Joe Biden’s Daughter

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Naomi Biden

Naomi Biden is the late infant daughter of prominent politician and current presidential nominee for the 2020 election, Joe Biden.

Naomi was the only daughter of the former senator and former Vice President Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden.

Sadly Naomi had a short life after she was killed in a car crash along with her mom, Neilia. Check out below her top facts.

1. She would have turned 49 yrs 

To be alive today, Naomi Biden would have been 49-years-old this year, also means she could have witnessed her father, who may finally become president of the US.

2. She went by Amy

Naomi’s parents were married for six years from 1966 until 1972. During those six years they welcomed three children together; sons, Joseph Robinette “Beau” Biden III born in 1969 and Robert Hunter Biden, born in 1970. Last but not least, their third child and only daughter Naomi, was born on November 8, 1971.
Naomi was born Naomi Christina Biden November 8, 1971 in Delaware. The toddler was nickname ‘Amy’ by her close family members.

3. She was only 1 year-old when she died in a car crash

She was only 13-months-old when she died in 1972; following a fatal car accident which also took her mother’s life on December 18, 1972.

Naomi Biden was riding along her brothers and mother in search of a Christmas tree when her mother pulled into traffic and their car was hit by a truck. According to reports, the impact sent the station wagon hurling some 150 feet into an embankment.

4. Her mother was an educator

Neilia Hunter was born on July 28, 1942 in NY. She was a student at Syracuse University when she met Joe Biden.
While her husband’s career as an emerging politician advanced, Neilia worked as an educator in the Syracuse City School Distric. She was also involved in her husband’s campaign to unseat then senator from Delaware J. Caleb Boggs.

5. Both her brothers survived the car crash

Though both Naomi and her mother perished, both her brothers made a full recovery after suffering serious injuries. Beau Biden became Attorney General of Delaware after serving in Iraq. He died after battling brain caner in 2015.
Robert Hunter Biden is a former businessman.

6. Her father had another daughter

Following Joe Biden’s second marriage to Jill Biden, the two share one daughter Ashley Blazer Biden born in 1981. Ashely attended Tulane University and received a Master’s of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania.
She went onto become a a social worker who served at the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families; where she develops programs for children in the juvenile-justice, foster-care and mental-health systems.

She has been married to plastic surgeon Howard Klein-who is 15-years her senior. The two have been married since 2012. They were introduced by Ashley’s late half-brother, Beau Biden.

7. Her niece is named after her

Naomi Christina Biden is not to be confused by her niece who has the same name.

Naomi Biden is the oldest Biden grandchild and was born in December 1993. She is the daughter of Joe’s son Hunter and his first wife, Kathleen. She is named after Hunter’s sister, Naomi Christina, who was killed in a car crash with her mother, Neilia, in November 1972.

Lorraine Martin Smothers Top Facts About Chris Wallace’s Wife

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Lorraine Martin Smothers

Lorraine Martin Smothers is the longtime wife of veteran journalist, author and TV anchor, Chris Wallace; whom you probably know from his Fox News program Fox News Sunday.

Lorraine’s husband began his career as a reporter and later focused on working on broadcast news.
Throughout his 50-plus years in broadcasting, he’s led a successful career and is widely known for his wide ranging interviews and asking tough questions.
Most recently, the 72-year-old was praised for holding Donald Trump accountable during an interview outside The White House, earlier this year.

Born October 12, 1947; the Chicago attended Harvard College and after his graduation, he worked as a reporter for The Boston Globe. He later worked for NBC, where he served as a White House correspondent and the anchor for NBC Nightly News.
Wallace then worked at ABC News for 14 years where he served as the senior correspondent for Primetime Thursday and a substitute host for Nightline. He joined Fox News Channel since 2003. While at FNC, he has participated in coverage of nearly every major political event.

Wallace has been happily married to second wife, Lorraine Martin Smothers for over two decades. Check out below interesting facts about her.

1. She was previously married

Born Lorraine Martin in 1959, she was described as a Washington socialite when she married first husband, actor and musician Dick Smothers (pictured above) in 1986. At the time she was 27-years-old.
The two ended in divorce in 1993. Together they share two adult children, Sarah and Remick Smothers.

2. She is Chris’s Wallace second wife

Like Lorraine, Chris Wallace was first married to Elizabeth Farrell, produced four children during their marriage: Peter, Megan, Andrew and Catherine.
Lorraine Martin Smothers found love again in Chris Wallace and the two became husband and wife in 1997. Married for 23 years, they have no children together.

3. She is a chef and author

61-year-old Lorraine Martin Smothers is also successful in her own right. The lovely lady is an accomplished chef and author. She has published at least three cookbooks, including Amazon best-seller Mrs. Sunday’s Soups.
She revealed her first soup-inspired cookbook, published in 2010, came as a result of her husband’s schedule as the host of the Sunday morning program at Fox News clashing with her son’s sports practice schedule.
She answered the dilemma of how to feed both her husband and her son in a timely and nourishing manner, while serving them a different soup each week.

4. She is known as Mrs. Sunday

Chris Wallace is widely known as Mr. Sunday so, naturally Lorraine Martin Smothers became known as Ms. Sunday. Her book was also titled Mr. Sunday’s Soups. She shares some of her family’s favorite soup recipes: Chicken Soup with Herb Dumplings, Tomato Soup, and Spinach Salad Soup.

5. She used to raise horses

During her first marriage, she and ex-husband Dick Smothers raised show horses. Dick joked to the reporter, “In Virginia, it’s mandatory to be in love with a horse.”
Dick Smothers is best known for starring alongside his brother Tom on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on CBS from 1967 to 1969.

 

Jesse Barrett 5 Facts About Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Husband

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Jesse Barrett

Jesse Barrett is the proud husband of appeals court judge, Amy Coney Barrett, most recently President Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court; set to fill the Supreme Court seat made vacant by the death of Justice RGB.

Jesse’s wife is a lawyer, jurist and academic who was nominated by Trump to the appeals court in 2017. She’s worked on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals since.

Born Amy Vivian Coney on January 28, 1972; she studied at the University of Notre Dame’s Law School, graduating first in her class. She clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman and for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.

She was later an associate at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin in Washington, D.C., where she litigated constitutional, criminal, and commercial cases in both trial and appellate courts
In addition, judge Amy taught at Notre Dame Law School, for 15 years and still teaches part time at the school.

She and her husband have been married for years. Check out interesting facts about him.

1. He met his wife while at Notre Dame

Jesse Barrett studied his B.A. graduating magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, and his J.D. at Notre Dame Law School; where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Notre Dame Law Review. While at the university, he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa.
Nowadyas, he serves as an adjunct professor at the Notre Dame Law School where he teaches in the areas of trial skills and criminal law.

2. He is a former federal prosecutor

Jesse Barrett was a former federal prosecutor and assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Indiana for 13 years. He had preivously worked on civil and criminal litigation at two national law firms.
During his time as federal prosecutor, he tried over 20 cases to jury verdict and handled numerous appeals, including arguments in the Seventh Circuit and the Indiana Supreme Court. He went onto received awards for his service from multiple federal agencies.

3. He works at a private law firm

He currently serves as a partner at law firm SouthBank Legal in South Bend, Indiana. According to a website, he specializes in commercial litigation, criminal defense, internal investigations, and defense of white collar crime.

4. He speaks fondly of his children

Jesse Barrett and his wife have been married for nearly two decades. Together they are the proud parents of seven kids, including a child with Down syndrome and two children they adopted from Haiti.

Judge Amy gave birth to five children Emma 19, Tess 16, Liam 11, Juliet 9 and Benjamin who is 8. While Vivian 16, and John Peter 13, -were both born in Haiti and their youngest Benjamin, was born with special needs.

During an interview Jesse Barrett revealed about daughter Vivian

Vivian is our miracle. Vivian joined our family… She was born in Haiti. She came home when she was 14-months-old, and she weighed 11 pounds and she was so weak we were told she might never walk normally or speak. Today Vivian is a track star, and I assure you she has no trouble talking.

5. He is a man of faith

The Barretts are said to be life-long members of People of Praise; a small, tightly knit Christian group.

 

Choe Song 5 Facts About Kim Yo-jong’s Husband

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Choe Song

Choe Song is the husband of female North Korean politician, Kim Yo-jong -best known as the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Choe’s widely known wife is said to be prepping to take over her brother’s role as the leader of the Asian country, as Kim Jong-un is presumed dead.

Kim Yo-jong whose personal life is pretty much kept under wraps and who currently serves as deputy director of the Worker’s Party; has been a married woman for a few years now. Check out five interesting facts about her husband.

1. Choe Song’s father is a big shot

Choe Song is the second son of Choe Ryong-hae who has long been into politics joining the Korean People’s Army in 1967, and has dedicated his life working in various positions in the regime. He is described as one of the secretive state’s most powerful officials as well as Kim Jong-un’s ‘number two.’
Furthermore, he currently serves as president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly.

2. His mother is a former dancer

According to sources, Choe Song’s mother is Kang Kyoung-sil -a former dancer in the Mansudae Art Troupe during the 1970s and apparently had personal ties to Kim Yo-jong’s mother, Ko Yong Hui.

3. Song is a husband and father

Choe Song and Kim Yo-jong are believed to have become husband and wife in 2014. Her marriage status was kept under wraps until it was eventually confirmed after Kim Yo-jong was spotted wearing her wedding band during an official trip in 2015.
Since then, it is pressumed that the couple has welcomed two children; one born in 2015 and the other in 2018.

4. He has a background in accounting

Choe Song apparently worked for WPK Finance and Accounting Department.

5. Choe Song keeps his life pretty secretive

Though he is the son of a powerful politician and is also married to powerful wife, Kim Yo-jong and is allegedly the father of her children, Choe Song keeps a low profile and in fact, he and his wife have never been seen or even pictured together.

Melinda Gates Top Facts about Bill Gates’ wife

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Melinda Gates

Melinda Gates is the lovely wife of billionaire software entrepreneur and philanthropist, Bill Gates -known as one of the richest men in the world.

Is widely known that Melinda’s husband became one of the world’s richest men after founding the world’s largest software business, Microsoft, with Paul Allen.
Gates was born William Henry Gates III on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. He attended Seattle’s exclusive preparatory Lakeside School where he excelled in nearly every subject. He dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 after having attended for two years.
That same year Gates and Allen formed Micro-Soft. Gates was CEO until 2000 when Steve Ballmer took over the role. In February 2014, Gates announced that he was stepping down as Microsoft’s chairman.

Earlier this year he stepped down from Microsoft’s board and his position on the board of Berkshire Hathaway. Gates is among Microsoft’s top shareholders, owning 1.36% of shares, according to FactSet.
But enough about Bill, get to know the woman behind the man: Melinda Gates’ top facts.

#1 Melinda is well educated

Unlike her husband, a university drop out Melinda who was born Melinda Ann French on August 15, 1964, in Dallas, Texas; obatined her Bachelor of Arts/Science from Duke University; and later eanred a Master of Business Administration from Fuqua School of Business.

#2 She worked at Microsoft

Right after college Melinda joined Microsoft Corporation where she worked for nine years in a number of roles until she became general manager of information products. She and Bill met in 1987, when at the time Melinda worked as a Microsoft product manager.

#3 They dated for years

Melinda and her boss dated for about six years before they tied the knot in 1996 in the Hawaiian island of Lanai. Together they have welcomed three children, Jennifer born in 1996; son Rory born in 1999 and another daughter Phoebe -born in 2002.

#4 She is known as the most powerful woman in philanthropy

After her nuptials she shifted her focus to their foundation which was originally stablished in 1994 as the William H. Gates Foundation and later renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000.
The spouse and mother of three serves as Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. According to Forbes, their foundation it’s the world’s largest private charitable foundation with a $40 billion trust endowment. She is well known for having devoted much of her work to women’s and girls’ rights.

#5 She is an author

In addition, Melinda Gates is also the founder of Pivotal Ventures, as well as the author of ‘Moment of Lift’ -her first book which was released in 2019.

Find Melinda Gates on Instagram here.

Norman Kali 5 facts About Evangeline Lilly’s Boyfriend

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Norman Kali

Norman Kali is the boyfriend of actress and author, Evangeline Lilly -the same who starred in the Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Norman’s girlfriend is apparently refusing to self quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic currently affecting pretty much the entire globe. The 40-year-old considers COVID-19 simply a “respiratory flu” and believes the government is taking too much control.

The Golden Globe nominee was born August 3, 1979; in Fort Saskatchewan, Canada. She played the role of Kate on the popular TV show Lost from 2004 to 2010. She was nominated for an Empire Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Tauriel in the 2013 film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. She was also cast as Hope van Dyne in the 2015 film Ant-Man.

As for her personal life, the Canadian stunner was married to Murray Hone for a year until their divorce in 2004. She then was in a relationship with Lost co-star Dominic Monaghan from 2004 until 2009. She began dating current beau, Norman Kali. Check out his top facts.

#1 He hails from Hawaii

Norman Kali was born in 1981, in Hawaii; to parents Sue and Anthony Kali born in 1949 and 1943, respectively. They reside in Hanapepe, Hawaii. Norman also has one a younger brother named Paul.

#2 He also works in showbizz

Norman Kali is a production assistant. In fact, he and Lilly met while working on hit show, Lost -where Lilly played Kate and he stood behind camera. Back in Hawaii, he also worked on other productions including “North Shore” and a movie called “50 First Dates” which featured actors Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler. He also worked on Tropic Thunder.

#3 Kali is a father of two

Norman and Lilly have been together since 2010, together they are the parents of two kids. They welcomed a son, Kahekili, in 2011 and a second child in 2015.

#4 He enjoys the outdoors

The couple is known to enjoy outdoor activities, specifically the beach. It is said that during the early stages of their romance he taught her how to surf.

#5 Norman Kali enjoys his privacy

Despite being in a relationship with a famous Hollywood actress for the past decade, Kali is not the type to enjoy the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. Instead he lets his wife shine while he keeps a quiet profile.

Sabrina Dhowre Elba 5 Facts About Idris Elba’s Wife

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Sabrina Dhowre

Sabrina Dhowre is the stunning and younger wife of actor Idris Elba, who recently tested positive for the deadly coronavirus.

Sabrina’s husband posted a video on social media saying he was tested and that his results came back positive. The 47-year-old said he is not showing symptoms and seating next to wife Sabrina Dhowre told people that it is time to ‘be vigilant about washing your hands and keeping your distance’

Elba, born September 6, 1972 in London; made his big screen debut in the 1999 French film Belle maman. Prior to his career in showbizz, he was employed as a DJ at various nightclubs under the pseudonym Big Driis.
He is best known for his roles as drug kingpin Stringer Bell on HBO’s The Wire and Detective John Luther on BBC’s Luther. He earned critical acclaim for his role in the 2015 film Beasts of No Nation and he portrays the character Heimdall in the Marvel Universe.

Elba is happily married to stunner, Sabrina Dhowre -check out her top facts.

#1 She is wife number three

He has been married a few times, three to be exact. His first marriage was to Kim Elba from 1998 until 2003 and then to Sonya Hamlin back whom he divorced months later in 2006. He is also the father of two children from different relationships.
He got engaged to model Sabrina Dhowre in February 2018 and they married in Morocco in April 2019.

#2 She is former beauty queen

Sabrina Dhowre who has Somali roots and grew up in Canada, was crowned Miss Vancouver in 2014. When not modeling, Sabrina is also into acting. She is currently signed to IMG Models.

#3 She is a lot younger than her man

It’s been widely reported that Sabrina Dhowre -is at least 16 years her husband’s junior

#4 She got a dreamy proposal

Back in 2018, Elba got down on one knee while on stage, during a screening of his film Yardie and popped the question in front of a live audience. She obviously said yes among clapping and cheering from fans.

#5 She is active on social media

Sabrina Dhowre has her own Instagram account with over 290k followers. The stunner often posts about her modeling gigs and life with her hubby.

Heidi Cruz 5 Facts About Ted Cruz’s Wife

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Heidi Cruz

Heidi Cruz is the loving and supportive wife of Senator Ted Cruz -whom you know as the Senator of Texas and former presidential candidate.

Heidi’s husband was sworn in as the 34th US senator from Texas in 2013 and was the runner-up for the Republican presidential nomination in the 2016 election.
Ted who attended Princeton University, and obtained his Juris Doctor at Harvard University; worked as an attorney with the DC-based law firm Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal -prior to his career as a senator. He next worked in the George W. Bush’s first presidential campaign as a domestic policy adviser and was named Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice.
He later worked for the Federal Trade Commission and was the first Hispanic Solicitor General of Texas. A law professor at the University of Texas, Ted also worked for the firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Houston prior to running for the senate.

Right by his side for years, has been his lovely and smart wife, Heidi Cruz. Check out her top facts.

#1 She is well educated

Heidi Nelson Cruz was born Heidi Suzanne Nelson, on August 7, 1972. She is a graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in economics and international relations from CMC in 1994. After graduating from CMC, Ms. Cruz received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and a master’s of European Business from Universite Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium.

#2 She began her career working in finance

Heidi Cruz is definitely the smart type, she began her career as an investment banker with JPMorgan in New York, focusing on international structured finance and subsequently on Latin America mergers and acquisitions.

#3 The blonde has worked at the White House

In 2000, she served on the Bush 2000 Campaign in Austin as one of President George W. Bush’s three economic advisors. She also served in the Administration as the economic director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council at the White House, advising the President and then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. She also is a former director at the U.S. Treasury Department and was special policy assistant to Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick, then Chief U.S. international trade negotiator.

#4 She is a boss lady

Heidi Nelson Cruz is a former Vice President in the Private Wealth Management Group at Goldman Sachs, Texas. She held the role for seven years from 2005 until 2012. According to her LinkedIn, she is the current Managing Director at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

#5 Heidi Cruz is a mom of two

She met her husband in 2000, during the presidential campaign of George W. Bush. The couple married in May, 2001. Ted and Heidi Cruz are the parents of two children. Heidi Nelson Cruz first gave birth to daughter Caroline Camille in April 2008. The couple welcomed second daughter, Catherine Christiane, in 2011.

Find Heidi Cruz on Instagram here.