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For many who knew the first lady-elect, 69, the honor didnât come as a surprise.
âIt couldnât happen to a better person,â said Liz Leonard, a former classmate of Biden at Upper Moreland High School. âSheâs just so giving, and sheâs a hard worker ⦠and when she sets out to get something done she does it.â
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The soon-to-be first lady was born Jill Tracy Jacobs on June 3, 1951 in Hammonton, N.J. to parents Donald Jacobs and Bonny Jean Godfrey.
Biden is the eldest of five sisters, according to a profile in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The family of seven later moved to Montgomery County first to Hatboro, and then to Willow Grove where she later attended Upper Moreland High School.