It was love at first sight when Biden laid eyes on Neilia, he said; but, he was not alone; other of his pals also had feelings for her. Which one would get to talk to her was decided by tossing a coin.
The election was won by Biden. On that fateful night, he proposed to Neilia over dinner and gave her the news. They were married three years later.
‘My very best friend, my greatest ally, my sensual lover.’ He said this in an interview from 1974, revealing his intense crush on her.
He contemplated leaving public service after her passing so he could devote more time to his sons, but Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield talked him out of it.
Hunter and Beau were still receiving treatment for their injuries at the hospital when a media circus erupted there 2.5 weeks after the tragedy.
