Dr. Jill Biden will become the only “first lady” in U.S. history who has not left her full-time college job

Dr. Jill Biden will be a historic first lady.

In the midst of the chaos and uncertainty, Dr. Jill Biden has chosen to practice the art of simply showing up. Attending the Olympics to cheer on Team USA is one of the most joyous, noncontroversial traditions of being the first lady of the United States. Nearly every recent occupant of the role has done it and loved it: Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama.

But none of them have participated in the Olympics, which have been as challenging.

But Biden will be historic in her own way, or at least that’s her plan: She intends to be the first FLOTUS in the role’s 231-year history to pursue her career and keep a paying job while living in the White House and serving as the first lady.