The spouse of former first woman Jill Biden’s ex-husband was discovered lifeless within the couple’s lounge by police responding to a home dispute name, authorities in Delaware stated Tuesday.
Police discovered Linda Stevenson, 64, “unresponsive in the living room” round 11:16 p.m. Sunday and “immediately administered life-saving measures,” the New Citadel County Division of Police stated in a press release. “However, despite their efforts, Linda Stevenson was later pronounced deceased.”
Detectives from the police division’s Prison Investigations Unit are investigating, and an post-mortem will probably be happen on the Delaware Division of Forensic Science, police stated. The division requested anybody with info to contact detectives.
Police didn’t say whether or not Linda Stevenson’s husband, Invoice Stevenson, was dwelling on the time, or launch another particulars.
There’s a reference to cardiac arrest in audio of the 911 name obtained by TMZ, the outlet reported, noting no costs have been filed.
Jill Biden, then Jill Jacobs, married 23-year-old Invoice Stevenson in 1970 whereas she was an undergrad on the College of Delaware. The union lasted till their “nasty” 1975 divorce following a 1974 separation, based on TMZ.
She and then-Sen. Joe Biden, D-Delaware, married in 1977. Invoice and Linda Stevenson have been married for about 40 years. Whereas Invoice Stevenson has alleged over time that Jill fooled round with Joe earlier than they cut up up, Jill has denied the claims.
Invoice Stevenson was reportedly questioned by authorities in 2021 after claiming he had had an affair with Kathie Durst earlier than her 1982 disappearance. Durst’s husband, the late actual property scion Robert Durst, died in jail in 2022 whereas serving time for the homicide of a good friend, earlier than he might stand trial for additionally murdering his spouse.
Invoice Stevenson based and as soon as owned The Stone Balloon Tavern and Live performance Corridor, dubbed by Playboy journal as “One of the 100 Top College Bars in America,” based on its web site. The wildly common spot close to the College of Delaware campus introduced dwell music to its clientele by way of the likes of Bruce Springsteen and the E Avenue Band, The Allman Brothers, The Dave Matthews Band and Metallica.
