Meet Melissa Biden, US President-Elect South African Daughter In Law
United States Of America President-Elect Joe Biden has family and personal ties with South Africa because his daughter in law Melissa Cohen Biden is South African.
34-year-old Melissa Biden Cohen tied the knot with Hunter Biden, son of incoming USA President Joe Biden last year. Cohen comes from Johannesburg and studied Interior design in South Africa before she moved to Los Angeles in her early 20’s. She left South Africa for the US in a bid to further her studies.
Melissa Biden Cohen tied the knot with Joe Biden’s 50-year old son Hunter last year within a week of meeting him. Hunter Biden told the New Yorker that after the ceremony (in her small Los Angeles flat), “I called my dad and said that we just got married.
He was on speaker, and he said to her, ‘Thank you for giving my son the courage to love again.’
Meet US President-Elect South African Daughter In Law, Melissa Biden
Melissa Biden Cohen earlier this year gave birth to their son who is now seven-months-old. Cohen’s son was named after Hunters Biden’s brother Beau who succumbed to cancer in 2015. Recently Melissa Biden Cohen and son, who took center stage with Biden at this weekend’s ‘Thank You’ celebrations.
Melissa Biden Cohen was adopted into a Johannesburg family. She grew up in a family of four siblings and she was the only girl. Her mom, Zoe, is a social worker who specializes in adoption.
According to the Daily Mail, Cohen in the past claimed that she was raised by an isiXhosa woman. She even revealed that her isiXhosa mother used to do frequent visits to Transkei with her.
Melissa Biden Cohen matriculated from King David High School Victory Park and started studying at the University of Johannesburg before moving to the Greenside Design Center College of Design, where she received a qualification in interior design.
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