Image Credit: Getty Images Former First Lady Jill Biden was married once before meeting her current husband, former President Joe Biden. Her ex-husband is William Stevenson, who made headlines in early 2026 for his first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of his wife, Linda Stevenson. Biden has not publicly commented on the news of her first husband's criminal charges. Learn about Stevenson below. When Was Jill Biden Married to Her Ex-Husband? Biden was married to Stevenson from 1970 to 1975. At the time, Biden went by the name Jill Stevenson.