Jill Biden officially became the First Lady of the United States on January 20. One week into her office, she has already accomplished a number of engagements and met with various groups of people.
With these movements, she appears to have signaled that she will become a "more active" First Lady than Melania Trump, according to ABC News. On Monday alone, she already did three virtual appearances through Zoom.
Reports said that she first met with the spouses of the country's governors. She noted that "we can't do this alone," seemingly admitting that the administration needs their assistance, as well.
Jill Biden, also, met with a group of young Latinos on the same platform. Similar to her statements earlier that day, she reminded them that they need the help of the communities to succeed in their efforts.
Following the two virtual engagements, the First Lady released a pre-recorded message for the American Library Association's midwinter conference. She vowed that the new administration will be based on "empathy, resilience, diversity, learning, and trust."
In her three virtual appearances, the former Second Lady dramatically encouraged Joe Biden's "call for national unity." She, also, took advantage of the opportunity to promote her husband's $1.9 trillion pandemic relief proposal, which, reportedly, faces resistance from Republican lawmakers. But, whatever her agendas are, many already saw the differences between Jill Biden and Melania Trump.
The former First Lady took nearly six months before she moved into the White House. BBC's Kate Bennett previously said that Melania chose to remain in their New York City penthouse to wait for Barron Trump to finish his school year. Although it was unprecedented, it was "her prerogative as a parent."
Within those months of her absence from Washington D.C., the correspondent stated that Trump's wife only performed duties "as she can, when she can during her brief visits" to the state. On June 12, though, she moved into the Executive Residence and officially started her journey as the First Lady of the United States inside the White House.
Speaking to The Washington Post, author Jennifer Pickens noted, however, that Jill Biden "has had the benefit of being married to a statesman of nearly 50 years." She, also, recalled that Biden spent eight years as the Second Lady under Obama's administration.
But, despite her background and experiences, Pickens said that the now-First Lady had "hit the ground running, as she should." So, it should not come as a surprise that she has been doing her job even in the first week of her tenure inside the East Wing.
