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Ashley Biden Files for Divorce in Philadelphia Court After 13 Years

Local rules keep her divorce filing sealed, leaving her deleted Instagram Stories as the only public clue to the split.

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Ashley Biden, the daughter of former President Joe Biden, leaves the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 10, 2024 in Wilmington, Delaware. She has filed for divorce.
Ashley Biden, daughter of President Biden, greets the crowd during the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, United States on August 19, 2024. (Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • On Aug. 11, Ashley Biden filed for divorce from Dr. Howard Krein in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, a move confirmed by her spokesperson.
  • Philadelphia’s practice of sealing divorce complaints means the reasons and details of their separation remain private.
  • On the day of the filing, she posted and then removed Instagram Stories set to Beyoncé’s “Freedom” and Lauryn Hill’s “Freedom Time,” which media outlets have linked to her new beginning.
  • Biden and Krein met in 2010 through her late brother Beau, married in Greenville, Delaware, in June 2012 and lived in Philadelphia without children.
  • Dr. Howard Krein is an otolaryngologist and plastic surgeon at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals and did not immediately respond to requests for comment.