The wife of former first lady Jill Biden’s ex-husband was found dead in the couple’s living room by police responding to a domestic dispute call, authorities in Delaware said Tuesday.
Police found Linda Stevenson, 64, “unresponsive in the living room” around 11:16 p.m. Sunday and “immediately administered life-saving measures,” the New Castle County Division of Police said in a statement. “However, despite their efforts, Linda Stevenson was later pronounced deceased.”
Detectives from the police division’s Criminal Investigations Unit are investigating, and an autopsy will be take place at the Delaware Division of Forensic Science, police said. The department asked anyone with information to contact detectives.
Police did not say whether Linda Stevenson’s husband, Bill Stevenson, was home at the time, or release any other details.
There’s a reference to cardiac arrest in audio of the 911 call obtained by TMZ, the outlet reported, noting no charges have been filed.
Jill Biden, then Jill Jacobs, married 23-year-old Bill Stevenson in 1970 while she was an undergrad at the University of Delaware. The union lasted until their “nasty” 1975 divorce following a 1974 separation, according to TMZ.
She and then-Sen. Joe Biden, D-Delaware, married in 1977. Bill and Linda Stevenson have been married for about 40 years. While Bill Stevenson has alleged over the years that Jill fooled around with Joe before they split up, Jill has denied the claims.
Bill Stevenson was reportedly questioned by authorities in 2021 after claiming he had had an affair with Kathie Durst before her 1982 disappearance. Durst’s husband, the late real estate scion Robert Durst, died in prison in 2022 while serving time for the murder of a friend, before he could stand trial for also murdering his wife.
Bill Stevenson founded and once owned The Stone Balloon Tavern and Concert Hall, dubbed by Playboy magazine as “One of the 100 Top College Bars in America,” according to its website. The wildly popular spot near the University of Delaware campus brought live music to its clientele via the likes of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, The Allman Brothers, The Dave Matthews Band and Metallica.