Joe and Jill Biden have been married since 1977.

But what is the backstory of Joe and Jill Biden?

We dug through the reports, watched the interviews, and discovered all the information you gotta know.

Joe Biden and Jill Biden

Here is the truth about Jill and Joe Biden’s marriage.

But similarly, Jill’s life had its ups and downs.

She was married prior to meeting Joe, and had gotten divorced in her junior year of college.

Joe and Jill Biden

Joe must have been persuasive because Jill eventually canceled her date and gave Joe a chance.

Take it from Jill, ladies, and always use the friend line to change your plans.

The couple reprised their rolesin 2013, when Joe was sworn into office as vice-president again.

Joe Biden and Jill Biden

which reportedly always received a chuckle when the couple appeared in university towns.

As such, she has since been referred as Dr. Jill Biden, and rightly so.

And to top it off, Joe gave Jill her doctorate at her graduation (viaInsider).

Jill Biden with Joe and their family

How heartwarming is that?

“Jill is always grading papers,” Michelle said.

“Which is funny because I’d forget, ‘Oh yeah, you have a day job!’

Jill Biden

You have a job!

Tell me what it’s like!'”

But it did work out, and for good reason.

Joe Biden and Jill Biden

Talk about receiving a ten out of ten for respect.

The rest is history.

Excuse us while we go cry our eyes out.

Joe and Jill Biden

As noted byABC News,Valentine’s Day is the couple’s favorite holiday to celebrate.

Good luck to all of us out there who are ofthe divorce generation.

After all, the idea of a replacement parent sounds pretty jarring.

Jill Biden

But that wasn’t the case for Joe and Jill Biden.

How sweet is that!

As noted byThe Washington Post,Jill became responsible for the Family Heritage Garden at the residence.

Joe and Jill Biden

“I said, ‘Not yet.

“So I had to be 100 percent sure,” she said.

That sealed the deal, and Jill finally said yes.

Joe and Jill Biden

“Isn’t that hysterical?”

she said when asked about the memes.

I think they really love one another.”

Jill and Joe Biden with Barack Obama

Instead they just transitioned to calling her “Mom” on their own.

“Neilia [Joe’s first wife] would always beMommy, but Jill wasMom,” he wrote.

“When she embraced me and the boys, she embraced everything.”

Joe Biden, Jill Biden, and their family

And that person was Jill.

“‘Well,’ Beau said, ‘we think we should marry Jill.

What do you think, Dad?'”

Joe Biden’s sons

Their dad clearly liked the idea because he eventually popped the question.

“I’ll never forget how good I felt at that moment,” Joe wrote about that morning.

As noted byABC News,Jill said that she did all of the things that the ’80s moms did.

Joe Biden, Jill Biden, and their daughter

“And it worked.”

“Whoa, you don’t screw around with a Philly girl, I’ll tell you what.”

When she vowed to love him “‘til death do us part,” she really wasn’t kidding.

Joe Biden