One of Dr Jill Biden's U.S. Secret Service agents accidentally fired their weapon and shot themselves in their own leg while on duty at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, March 27, 2026.
Nate Herring, Secret Service spokesperson told HELLO! that the agent "suffered a non-life-threatening injury following a negligent discharge while handling a service weapon."
© AFP via Getty Images"The Secret Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility will be reviewing the facts and circumstances of this incident," Mr Herring said, confirming that no-one else was injured.
Dr Jill was at the airport but not with the agent at the time, and "the special agent is being evaluated at an area hospital in stable condition." Former presidents and first ladies receive lifetime Secret Service protection after their exit from the White House.
© Bruce Glikas/WireImageThe former First Lady, who is married to former President Joe Biden, was in New York to attend the opening of an off-Broadway play written by her former chief of staff, former U.S. Ambassador Julissa Reynoso.
An avid theatre fan, she has attended the opening night of Othello on Broadway, as well as visited the cast of Punch.
© WireImageShe and her husband live in Wilmington, Delaware, 30 miles from Philadelphia, where Dr Jill was born and raised. The pair met in Delaware, and have also lived in Washington D.C. at the vice-presidential residence during President Barack Obama's presidency, and the White House during Joe's.
Jill married college football player Bill Stevenson in 1970, when she was 19 years old. They separated in 1974 and legally divorced the following year.
In 1975, she met Joe, then a senator, on a blind date. Three years prior, Joe's wife Neilia, whom he married in 1966, died in a devastating car accident that also claimed the life of their one-year-old daughter Naomi. Joe and Neilia's sons Beau and Hunter were injured but survived. Beau died aged 46 after a battle with brain cancer in 2015.
In February 2026, Bill was charged with murder after his wife Linda was found dead in a New Castle County, Delaware home on December 28, 2025.
© Delaware FuneralPolice had been called to investigate a "domestic dispute," and her December 29 obituary notably did not include Bill's name only sharing that she was survived by a daughter, grandchildren, sister and other relatives.
Bill was arrested on a first-degree murder charge, although no additional information has been released; authorities obtained a grand jury indictment, instead of filing a public arrest affidavit, after what police called an "extensive" investigation. The indictment simply alleged that Bill "did intentionally cause the death of Linda Stevenson".
