Ashley Biden, the daughter of former President Joe Biden, has filed for divorce from her husband, Dr. Howard Krein, a plastic surgeon, following more than 13 years of marriage, reported NY Post, citing court documents.
The 44-year-old ex-first daughter, as per the report, submitted the paperwork to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, which broke the news of the divorce files first, Biden’s Instagram Story included a picture of her strolling through a park and giving a thumbs-up while the song “Freedom” by Beyoncé played.
“New life, new beginnings means new boundaries. New ways of being that won’t look or sound like they did before,” Ashley shared a quote on one of her Instagram stories.
The cause of the divorce was not immediately evident. Divorce records are yet to made public in Philadelphia.
In June 2012, Biden and Krein were married in Greenville, Delaware, two years after her late older brother, Beau Biden, arranged their union.
Ashley got married in front of about 200 guests at the St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church.
While presenting her father at the Democratic National Convention last year, Ashley made a passing reference to her marriage on the public platform.
She informed the audience, “At the time, my dad was vice president, but he was also that dad who literally set up the entire reception.”
“He was riding around in his John Deere 4-wheeler, fixing the place settings, arranging the plants, and by the way, he was very emotional.”
Krein, 59, works as a plastic surgeon and otolaryngologist at Philadelphia’s Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals.
The pair had been residing in Philadelphia before their divorce. They don’t have kids.
