As the year comes to an end, we are getting the last tragic stories of 2025, and unfortunately, that includes death. News broke today that Jill Biden's ex husband Bill Stevenson's wife Linda Stevenson was found dead in their Delaware home. Her discovery came after Bill reportedly called 911 about a domestic dispute, per TMZ.
Linda was 64 years old, and cops discovered her unresponsive in the living room on December 28 at approximately 11:16 p.m. local time, according to the press release, per People. After trying life-saving measures, they pronounced her dead on the scene.
TMZ later reported that Bill was the one who called cops about a domestic dispute, and the 77-year-old was there when they pronounced her dead.
No charges have been filed at this time. Her body is now with the Delaware Division of Forensic Science, which will perform an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death. The outlet notes that dispatch audio from the incident mentions cardiac arrest.
New Castle County Police told TMZ that detectives from the Division's Criminal Investigations Unit are handling the death investigation.
Jill and Bill's history
Jill and Bill got married in February 1970, when he was just 23, and she was a student at the University of Delaware. Not long after, Bill opened The Stone Balloon, a college bar and live music venue just steps from the UD campus that quickly became a hotspot for students and touring bands alike. It was in business until 2005.
By 1974, the marriage had unraveled. Jill and Bill split and went through a contentious divorce, with Bill claiming Jill was having an affair with her now husband, Joe Biden. “I know exactly when it was,” he told the Daily Mail in a 2020 interview.
He said he found out and asked her to leave the home when Joe was involved in a car accident while driving Jill’s vehicle. Jill attempted, and ultimately failed to secure half ownership of the bar in their divorce, which was finalized in May 1975.
Reflecting on his second wife, he told the Daily Mail, “If it wasn’t for my divorce, I would never have met my wife Linda, and she’s the greatest thing in my life."
In June 1977, she married Joe Biden, then a U.S. senator from Delaware, stepping into a political world that would eventually lead her to the national stage as first lady.