Jill Biden kept teaching at a community college through all four of her years as First Lady. This memoir is her account of those years, told in her own words.

Readical Key Points

• #1 New York Times bestseller, according to the publisher
• A memoir of the author's four years as First Lady, which the publisher describes as her first account of her White House experiences
• Covers her causes, among them education, cancer initiatives, military families and women's health, along with her teaching and the presidency's effect on her family
• Hardcover, 288 pages; Gallery Books, June 2026; reviewed in Kirkus Reviews

Biden writes about starting work in the East Wing during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the causes she took on, and her choice to keep teaching while her husband was president; the publisher notes she was the first First Lady to work a job beyond the White House during her husband's term. Scenes range from Camp David and Air Force One to marking papers in the Rose Garden, and the book includes the end of her husband's reelection campaign.

It suits readers of political memoir and of first ladies' memoirs in particular, and readers of any politics who want the account in its author's own words. Hers is the White House seen from the East Wing, by the woman who set up her office there.

About the Author

Jill Biden served as First Lady of the United States and, from 2009 to 2017, as Second Lady. She taught English at a community college, and she is the New York Times bestselling author of Where the Light Enters and of the children's books Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops, Joey: The Story of Joe Biden, and Willow the White House Cat.

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