After high-profile divorce, Ashley Biden reflects on 'one of the hardest summers'
Ashley Biden daughter of former President Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden wrote on social media that it was one of the hardest summers of my life The post comes after a summer during which the former first daughter faced two main challenges her divorce and her father s cancer assessment August The summer of was one of the hardest summers of my life I have been preparing for the fall my fav season and now ready for the RISE she wrote as the caption of a carousel of summer photos Grateful for the patronage of friends and family Grateful that I took the time space to grieve process and heal Grateful for peace of mind new beginnings new seasons and a rediscovered strength and love for myself She ended the caption with SturgeonMoon a reference to the August full moon followed by a string of emojis ASHLEY BIDEN FILES FOR DIVORCE FROM HUSBAND HOWARD KREIN AFTER YEARS OF MARRIAGE REPORTSLast month Ashley Biden shared a photo of her with her ex-husband and another woman who the former first daughter identified as the specialist s girlfriend She captioned the Instagram story my husband and his girlfriend holding hands and posted it with the Notorious B I G song Another featuring Lil Kim the New York Post informed The outlet also noted that the Instagram story was posted just hours before Ashley Biden filed for divorce from her husband of years SPARSE PRESIDENTS HAVE BOWED OUT LIKE BIDEN HISTORIANS EXPLAIN WHAT IT MEANSThe story appeared on Aug and was deleted shortly after it was posted While it appeared to be aimed at her husband the people in the image faced away from the camera and were not this instant identifiable The Post also published in August that in a separate Instagram story which was also deleted Ashley Biden posted herself walking through a park giving a thumbs-up while Freedom by Beyonc played Ashley Biden's divorce filing states the marriage is irretrievably broken and requests spousal assistance while the divorce is pending according to filings reviewed by Radar Online She married Dr Howard Krein in with a ceremony blending her Catholic faith with his Jewish heritage followed by a reception at the Biden family s lake house in Wilmington At the time then Vice President Joe Biden praised his future son-in-law telling People magazine This is the right guy And he s getting a helluva woman At the Democratic National Convention Ashley Biden recalled her father s role in her wedding to Krein saying 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 -wheeler fixing the place settings arranging the plants and by the way he was very emotional In May Biden s office substantiated he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer While this represents a more aggressive form of the infection the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management The former p resident and his family are reviewing cure options with his physicians Biden's gang shared in a announcement Ashley Biden made a similar Instagram reflection post at the end of May writing May Heartbroken yet HOPEFUL MAY I have the courage to handle all that life throws at me us So very grateful for all the love promotion Life is tough my darling but so are YOU she added at the time On the same day she also posted a picture of herself with her parents and seemingly pushed back against rumors that her family had covered up her father s cancer assessment while he was in the White House Fox News Digital's Jasmine Baehr contributed to this analysis
