The ex-husband of the former first lady of the United States Jill Biden is arrested for murdering his current wife

The authorities of New Castle County (Delaware) reported this Tuesday that they arrested the ex-husband of Jill Biden, former first lady of the United States during the term of Joe Biden (2021-2025), for allegedly murdering his current wife in December.

William Stevenson, 77, has been indicted by a grand jury on first-degree murder for allegedly killing his wife Linda Stevenson, 64, on Dec. 28, according to a statement.

The suspect was arrested on Monday and was later processed and sent to the Howard Young Correctional Facility after failing to post $500,000 cash bail.

In December, police had released a statement that officers responded to a call about a domestic dispute at the couple’s residence in Wilmington.

Upon entering the home, authorities found Linda Stevenson unconscious and attempted to save her life, but despite their efforts, the woman was declared dead moments later.

For now, the police have not provided further details on the cause of his death.

Jill Biden married Stevenson in 1970, when she was 18 and he was 23, and their marriage lasted five years.

In March 1975, Jill met Joe Biden, then a Democratic senator from Delaware, and in May of that same year she divorced Stevenson.

In that decade, the now accused opened The Stone Balloon Club, a bar near the University of Delaware campus in Newark (New Jersey) where artists such as Bruce Springsteen and Dave Matthews attended, according to NBC News

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