--- title: DNC: Obama, Biden Praise Their Wives description: President Obama and Vice President Biden both praised their wives during their respective speeches at the Democratic National Convention. canonical: https://time.com/4428180/dnc-obama-biden-wives-success/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-28T15:59:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:01.431Z og:title: Obama and Biden Really, Really Love Their Wives og:description: In case you couldn't already tell og:url: https://time.com/4428180/dnc-obama-biden-wives-success/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte07d8f9c657ff822/6988a012656a3f4827bcc8ac/gettyimages-155691763.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Obama Biden 2012 Election og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Obama and Biden Really, Really Love Their Wives twitter:description: In case you couldn't already tell twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte07d8f9c657ff822/6988a012656a3f4827bcc8ac/gettyimages-155691763.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Obama and Biden Really, Really Love Their Wives by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 28, 2016 3:59 PM UTC  US President Barack Obama (2nd L), First Lady Michelle Obama (L), Vice-President Joe Biden and Second Lady Jill Biden wave to supporters following Obama's speech on election night November 6, 2012. US President Barack Obama (2nd L), First Lady Michelle Obama (L), Vice-President Joe Biden and Second Lady Jill Biden wave to supporters following Obama's speech on election night November 6, 2012.Jewel Samad—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 28, 2016 3:59 PM UTC President Obama and Vice President Biden both paid homage to their wives during their respective speeches at the [Democratic National Convention](http://time.com/4427591/democratic-convention-360-video/). Obama and Biden credited the First and Second Lady for their success and helping to make making them better people and leaders. Within minutes of [his speech](http://time.com/4426150/dnc-barack-obama-transcript/) Wednesday night at the convention, Obama praised his family: --- > “” --- Michelle Obama has dedicated her years in the White House to promoting education for girls with her [Let Girls Learn](http://motto.time.com/4385323/michelle-malia-sasha-obama-africa/) initiative, as well as fighting for [healthy lunches](http://time.com/120611/michelle-obama-school-lunches/). Vice President Biden paid tribute to his wife, Jill Biden, in an [emotional speech](http://time.com/4426178/dnc-joe-biden-speech-transcript-video/) and said that he “married way up.” --- > “” --- Biden spoke candidly about losing his son, [Beau](http://time.com/3902576/beau-biden-vice-president-son-dies-cancer/), who died on May 30, 2015 after a battle with brain cancer, but he was “made strong” by the support of his wife, Jill. --- > “” --- Obama and Biden’s exaltation of their wives paved the way for their dynamic [endorsements](http://time.com/4426533/convention-speakers-to-focus-on-hillary-clintons-experience/) of Hillary Clinton. President Obama received a rousing ovation when he [exclaimed](http://time.com/4426150/dnc-barack-obama-transcript/), “I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman, not me, not Bill, more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as President of the United States of America.” Both men applauded her expertise as a mother, grandmother, and politician. Obama said: --- > “” --- Biden continued in his speech: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4428180/dnc-obama-biden-wives-success/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4428180/dnc-obama-biden-wives-success/"},"headline":"Obama and Biden Really, Really Love Their Wives","datePublished":"2016-07-28T15:59:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:01.431Z","description":"In case you couldn't already tell","url":"https://time.com/4428180/dnc-obama-biden-wives-success/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte07d8f9c657ff822/6988a012656a3f4827bcc8ac/gettyimages-155691763.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte07d8f9c657ff822/6988a012656a3f4827bcc8ac/gettyimages-155691763.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Obama Biden 2012 Election","caption":"Obama Biden 2012 Election","creditText":"Jewel Samad—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4428180/dnc-obama-biden-wives-success/","name":"Obama and Biden Really, Really Love Their Wives"}}]}] ```