Jill Biden Pays Tribute to President Biden in Short and Sweet Speech

The first lady tells voters ‘it will take us all.’

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden walks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago. Delegates, politicians, and Democratic party supporters are in Chicago for the convention, concluding with current Vice President Kamala Harris accepting her party's presidential nomination. The DNC takes place from Aug. 19 to 22. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

On an early summer evening in June 2023 First Lady Dr. Jill Biden told a group of 50 well-connected donors on the Upper East Side of Manhattan that her husband “knows how to get things done.”

It was the evening Dr. Biden kicked off President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. For just over a year, the first lady would travel across the country as the key messenger of her husband’s accomplishments. And on that initial June evening, Dr. Biden shared this message from her husband with the crowd:

“Tell them to be optimistic, because I am, so let's finish the job,” she said at the …