First Lady Jill Biden cuts an imposing figure on the cover of Vogue’s August 2024 edition
Days after her husband made headlines for succumbing to a Donald Trump debate shake down, First Lady Jill Biden has made the cover of Vogue Magazine’s August Edition.
Cutting an elegant figure in a cream Ralph Lauren silk tuxedo dress, photographer Norman Jean Roy captured Dr. Biden’s stern yet human side in what was her second solo appearance on the fashion magazine’s cover.
Vogue framed the 73-year-old FLOTUS with a quote signalling her intentions for her nation’s next chapter.
“We will decide our future,” it read.
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First Lady Jill Biden appears on the front cover of Vogue, discusses on What’s at Stake in 2024. Credit: Norman Jean Roy/Vogue
Dr. Biden spoke publicly in April at one of the President’s campaign stops in Minnesota where she flew the flag for women’s rights, used as the basis to carve her profile.
“We are the first generation in half a century to give our daughters a country with fewer rights than we had,” she said at an event.
“Book bans. Voting laws gutted. Court decisions that strip away our most basic freedoms. But circumstance is not destiny.
“When our bodies are on the line, when our daughters’ futures are at stake, when our country and its freedom hang in the balance, we are immovable and unstoppable.”
### NOTE ONE TIME USE ONLY; MUST RUN COVER WITH INSIDE PICS; MUST CREDIT PHOTGRAPHER, Picture Norman Jean Roy for Vogue - August Edition### JIll Biden at a campaign stop in Bloomington, Minnesota. Norman Jean Roy Credit: Norman Jean Roy/Vogue
First Lady Jill Biden appears on the front cover of Vogue and discusses what’s at stake in 2024. Credit: Norman Jean Roy/Vogue
Dr. Biden’s role as a beloved wife and confidant to the President has evolved into a hands-on advocate for causes that run deep in her heart, and parallel to her husband’s ambitions for the next generation.
The White House announced a critical initiative to fund research into women’s health issues earlier this year, with the English professor also campaigning for a cash injection to the education system post-COVID to assist students.
Such is the passage of time, Dr. Biden’s metamorphosis is depicted in Vogue’s artistic expression of her. Though perhaps some creative direction stemmed from The White House itself.
Debuting on the cover in August 2021 — with husband Joe months into his presidency — a floral gown and beaming smile captured FLOTUS’ essence from the unmistakable vantage point of a White House balcony.
In 2024, her creamy white dress can be perceived as a symbol of peace, stoicism, and contrary to calls for the president to step down, not a white flag just yet.