Jill Biden's Ex-Husband Charged With Murdering His Wife
Jill Biden Ex-Husband Charged With Murder of Wife
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Jill Biden's ex-husband has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife ... TMZ has learned.
William Stevenson was indicted Monday in Wilmington, Delaware.
We broke the story ... local police responded to a report of a domestic dispute at the couple's Delaware house on the night of December 28 ... William's wife Linda Stevenson was found unresponsive in the living room at about 11:15 PM.
Linda Stevenson, 64, was pronounced dead at the scene after New Castle County Police officers unsuccessfully administered aid at the scene. William reportedly cooperated with police at the time.
The cause and manner of death have not been released ... dispatch audio from the incident mentions cardiac arrest. William was the one who called 911.
William Stevenson, 77, was arrested Monday and held in jail on $500,000 bond.
Jill married Bill in February 1970, when he was 23 and she was a student at the University of Delaware. In 1974 Jill and Bill separated and went through a nasty divorce. Joe Biden married Jill a couple years later in June 1977, when he was a senator from Delaware.