Ashley Biden is more than just one of former Vice President Joe Biden’s children.
But unfortunately, that doesn’t stop people from connecting her to her dad.
However, don’t get her wrong.
The family that raised her is one that she will stand by until the end of time.
So how has she changed over the years?
This is the stunning transformation of Ashley Biden.
However, this never seemed like a big deal to her.
She added, “Dad was dad to me.”
She decided to study culture and anthropology at Tulane University.
She returned to her hometown of Wilmington, Del.
to take time to figure out the next step to take regarding her career.
“I actually worked as a waitress in a small pizza shop in Wilmington, Del.
When she was in elementary school, Biden started a campaign of her own.
She found out a makeup company was testing on animals and realized that something was wrong.
“I organized my school to start writing letters to [the company],” Biden toldGlamour.
Her next focus wasdolphins.
Looking back, it all makes sense.
“Also, my mom and my aunts.
Joe Biden has expressed on multiple accounts how much he believes his daughter is similar to his wife.
“She’s like her mother.
She has a backbone like a ramrod,” headded.
“The passion started at a very young age,” Ashley Biden toldGlamour.
In addition to that, Ashley Biden grew up watching other women in her family hold powerful positions.
Her aunt Valerie was the one who managed her father’s first political campaign.
“She’s my best friend in my life,” her fathersaidof his campaign manager.
Even then, Ashley Biden could always rest assured knowing that her father wasn’t far.
However, it wasn’t just the end of the day that her father dedicated to their family.
Throughout high school, Ashley Biden was a lacrosse and field hockey player.
This “family first” mentality is one that she continues to live by today.
“Even as a child, I had a hard time reconciling the inherent unfairness of it all.”
From there, she worked her way up to make an impact at the state level.
She worked directly in the kids' department of juvenile detention centers.
“Youth intervention and any intervention, really is about breaking a cycle,” Biden toldDelaware Today.
Sometimes, these roles were understandably challenging.
The pressures of her father’s new job also put added pressures on her living in his shadow.
“I own who I am,” she said.
Barack Obama’s daughters,SashaandMalia Obama, dealt with photographers while entering and leaving their White House home.
The video in question was never released publicly, but it still caused controversy in the political landscape.
Needless to say, living in the White House’s spotlight isn’t an easy feat.
“There’s an awful lot of your life that gets taken away,” Joe Biden toldPolitico.
It was then that Biden’s brother tried to talk her into going out with the doc.
“From the moment he met Ashley, he treated her as an equal.
He respected her opinion …
It was clear, and he made her laugh,” he said.
“That’s why Iloveher husband.”
Biden and Kreinmarrieda year later in her hometown of Wilmington, Del.
Apparently, brothers know best!
In true Biden fashion, he was surrounded by his family (viaCNN).
That’s exactly what she did.
“Everyone struggles with something.
Some simply struggle more,” she said.
But what I had was support and safety of being vulnerable.”
For that, she is extremely grateful to her family.
“I think we all can agree, the world needs a lot more kindness,” she added.
Her passion for social justice led to a passion for fashion.
In 2015, she founded Livelihood, an American-made clothing company that focuses on bringing attention to social justice.
The logo is an arrow, which Biden toldThe Lilywas inspired by her brother.
She said that “we have to sometimes be pulled all the way down to shoot forward.”
She continued, “He was my bow.
I had no choice but to shoot forward, keep going, keep aiming at my own dreams.”
Biden toldDelaware Todaythat developing the collection was “a way to distract [herself] from grief.”
Biden decided that the focus of her fashion line would be hoodies.
“The hoodie is universal,” she told theTodayshow.
Looking back on her time working with children, Biden began to notice a common theme.
“I’d hear about five siblings sharing one burger,” she toldElle.
“How does a kid do homework when there’s no desk or lamp?
Her mission is to change exactly that.
It seems as though Biden has always been that way.
After all, she feels she has nothing to prove.
“At the time it was too raw,” Ashley Biden toldElle.
When he finally decided it was time, the entire Biden family was there to support him.
“She’s been trying to change the world since she was 3 years old.
I think she’s gonna do it,” Joe Biden once toldE!
So what’s next for Ashley Biden?
“it’s possible for you to dress them up and down.
I would love to work on that in the future.
“Blazers are a key component to a fashionable wardrobe, so she may be on to something!
