Bill Stevenson, the former husband of First Lady Jill Biden, has been charged with the murder of his wife, Linda Stevenson, after she was found unresponsive at their Delaware home in late December and later pronounced dead.
Stevenson was indicted on a first-degree murder charge and taken into custody without incident on Monday, Feb. 2, according to a New Castle County Police Department press release.
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Police said Stevenson was arraigned and is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail.
Linda Stevenson was found dead at the couple’s home in Oak Hill, Del., after officers responded to what authorities described as “a reported domestic dispute” on Dec. 28. Police said officers attempted life-saving measures, but she was later pronounced dead. Her body was found in the living room, authorities confirmed.
Officials have not released additional details about Linda Stevenson’s cause of death.
Stevenson and Jill Biden married in 1970 and divorced in 1975. She later married then-Sen. Joe Biden, who became the 46th president of the United States in 2021.
