Jill Biden returns to teaching this week, making history

Jill Biden headed back to the classroom Tuesday as the first presidential spouse to hold a full-time job while also serving her duties as first lady.

Like many educators this fall, Jill Biden headed back to the classroom at Northern Virginia Community College Tuesday as the first presidential spouse to hold a full-time job while also serving her duties as first lady. She was also the first second lady to continue with her full time career while her husband was serving as vice president. Biden is teaching two sections of an introductory academic writing course this semester, with one section fully in-person and the other being a hybrid model of in-person and online learning, according to the college's course catalogue. Throughout the pandemic Biden has advocated for the importance of returning to in-person instruction, writing for ABC's "Good Morning America," "I know that classrooms are so much more than places where our children learn math and reading."