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A 64-year-old woman who was married to Jill Biden’s former husband was found dead in her Delaware home late Sunday after police responded to a reported domestic dispute, authorities said. Linda Stevenson was found unresponsive on the living room floor of the Oak Hill residence she shared with her husband, Bill Stevenson — who was married to Jill Biden from 1970 to 1975 — at about 11:15 p.m., according to the New Castle County Police Department.
Police said officers attempted life-saving measures, but Stevenson was pronounced dead at the scene, according to reports.
“It’s still a murder investigation,” Stevenson’s grieving daughter, Christina Vettori, told the Daily Mail Tuesday afternoon. She added, “I would not like to talk at this time.”
Police denied claims of a murder probe, saying they are treating the case as a “death investigation.”
“Detectives from the Division’s Criminal Investigations Unit were notified and responded to the scene to assume the investigation,” said the department in a news release.
But a 911 dispatch recording from the scene, obtained by TMZ, mentioned a “cardiac arrest.” So far, however, no charges have been filed and the investigation is ongoing, AOL News noted, citing other reports.
Police said Stevenson’s body has been transferred to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science, where an autopsy will be conducted to determine the official cause of death.
Jill Biden was married to Stevenson for five years before the couple separated in 1974 and divorced in 1975. She later married Joe Biden two years after the divorce.
In past public statements, Stevenson has said his marriage ended after he said Jill Biden had an affair with Joe Biden.
According to TMZ, Bill Stevenson called police about a domestic dispute at his Delaware home and was there when authorities pronounced his wife dead.
“Law enforcement in Delaware tells us Bill is the one who picked up the phone and dialed 911 on Sunday night and was waiting at his Oak Hill home when responding officers arrived,” the outlet noted. “Police tell us Bill has spoken with detectives and, as of now, is cooperating with law enforcement.”
Last year, Stevenson said that Jill is “not the same person” he married in 1970 and that she kept her “struggling” current husband on the campaign road because “she wants to be president now.”
“The Dr. Jill Biden who I’ve seen on TV in the last five years is not the same person I married or that I recognize in any way. She’s matriculated into a completely different woman,” Stevenson told The New York Post.
“I just don’t understand why she was so adamant about defending him and keeping him in the race since it appears that he’s struggling. It appears that he’s struggling with everybody these days. I’ve been proud of her at certain moments. I have no hard feelings,” Stevenson added.
“I’m just surprised to see her front and center in the middle of this battle after flying under the radar for so many years. She’s always been very driven. People say she’s the one who wants to be president now,” Stevenson continued.
Stevenson declared: “It makes me cringe every time he calls Trump a liar, because I’m telling you right now, there is no better liar than President Biden. He’s just a bad person. I’m probably one of the few people outside his family who has known him for 50 years.”
“Look, I’m not a doctor or a psychiatrist but yeah, I felt he lost a step three or four years ago. Now I think it’s more like a couple of steps. Do I feel badly for him? No, because he did some horrible things to me and my family,” Stevenson said.
