Vogue Profiles Biden Women, Declares Victory For Democrats

Vogue takes a bold political step with its November cover, headlining a feature on the Biden Women "All The Vice President's Women."

The feature, which includes a beautiful spread of four generations of the women in Joe Biden's life (seen below), describes Jill Biden as "remarkable" and is based on the premise that, "If Senator Biden is elected, he'll bring along a close-knit family of strong, independent women."

But while the article includes the conditional "if," the headline, and cover line, treat the Bidens as if the election is a done-deal and Jill has already started picking out the curtains for Number One Observatory Circle (the official Vice Presidential mansion).

A representative for Vogue said of the cover line, "Win or lose, we thought it was a clever coverline that would serve to get people's attention."

The magazine's editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, also used her November editor's letter to talk about the growing presence of women in politics, and to highlight the magazine's previous coverage of political women (including its prescient profile of Sarah Palin in the February issue).

Wintour, who made headlines when she used her February editor's letter to chide Hillary Clinton for refusing to appear in the fashion magazine's pages, praised the New York Senator, calling her a "transcendent figure" and saying "she has made an important intervention in the lives of all American women, not simply with her drive and catalyzing energy but by keeping issues of special concern to us — health care, reproductive rights, education — at the forefront of political thinking."

Wintour further said that she was "frankly stunned" by the Biden women's "loveliness and poise" and described Jill Biden as "beautiful and largely private."

The article can be read online at style.com, or in the November issue, which features Reese Witherspoon on the cover and hits newsstands nationwide on October 21 (New York and LA newsstands October 15).

Below, an image from the Biden spread:

from left: Senator Biden's niece, Missy Owens; her mother, Valerie Biden Owens; Hunter Biden's wife, Kathleen; her daughters Maisy, eight, and Finnegan, ten; Jill Biden and daughter Ashley; Senator Biden's mother, Catherine ("Jean") Finnegan Biden; Kathleen's eldest daughter, Naomi, fourteen; Beau Biden's wife, Hallie; and her daughter, Natalie, four. On Jill Biden: Ralph Lauren Black Label cardigan. Anne Fontaine shirt. Michael Kors trousers. Details, see In This Issue.
Photographed by Arthur Elgort.
Sittings Editor: Tonne Goodman.

And the November cover:

Comments

[lynnn]

Cute family!

[myangeldog1]

Stunning..­..classy..­..timeless­!

[AZterritory]

Remember, we've got to vote them in FIRST! But what a great picture--they put the Capital "C" in Class.

[Jo Manning]

What gorgeous women, from his mother to his little grand-daughter! Wow, just beautiful.

[MarilynBB]

How wonderful! Beautiful achieving women with men who love and support them. What a wonderful image of a real American family.

[edwarvir]

Beautiful Family.

[sclucie]

They look beautiful and healthy and real. It's a cheap shot - but nothing on the other side can compare. I cringe every time I see a McCain family photo. It looks like the people have never met one another. They don't touch - particularly their mother. It gives me the willlies.

[longislandlol]

Finally-- beauties-- not since Al Gore's beauties when he was VP--- Tipper- gorgeous like Jill-- Karena-- gorgeous like Ashley-- Pauline Gore-- matriarchal but soft like Jean Finnegan Biden-- finally class --and beauty-- in vp kingdoms

[ricitizen]

If you loved this, (and I know I do) go to the style section of the Huff Post for a new slice show of the Obama and Biden Jill and Michelle. Beautiful.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/14/campaign-trail-pda-the-ob_n_134324.html

[Pancake]

Thanks. The slide show is great.

These folks are like a breath of fresh air after the last eight years.
O and Joe 08!

[roshni]

I love the picture of Barack and Joe in the rain.

[USA1776]

This makes me remember back to watching his debate on CNN with the polling chart below. Everytime he spoke the line that represented women went up ... now I see why!

[thegreatgiginthesky]

None of Bidens women are pitbulls or any other feral animal, which is essentially the best quality of any real woman.

[TexasT-Bone]

You call Biden Women Beauties, have you seen Sarah Palin in a bathing suit??? Get your eyes checked and get off that special blend liberal Kool-Aid..­.

[dbeden]

Have you? That photo of her in an American flag bikini holding a rifle isn't real, you know...

[myangeldog1]

You wouldn't know true beauty if it smacked you up side the head......­.dip$hit. Go drink a beer.

[ricitizen]

You are going to get so much abuse and it will be well deserved.

[mairs]

Yeah, a pathological liar and a nice rack go so well together. Lots of people have different turn-ons. That must be yours.

[sparkle44]

The problem with this statement is Sarah doesn't have the inner beauty to go along with her outer looks.

[ThinkAgainMyFriend]

Now that's a beautiful family! Joe is a great man and the Obama's and Biden's make a great team!

[juzcuz]

Obama and Biden and all their families are FIRST CLASS and Americans will be proud to have them representing us in Washington and in the White House. Now McBush and Glossy Lips are an entirely different story... total shame and embarrassment. Help us God.

[Cowboylove]

Good looking women in the White House! What a concept!

[ricitizen]

WOW! The man has a beautiful family. Considering all the woman in the lives of Joe Biden and Barack Obama, and their record of supporting women through public work and legislation, is there really any question as to whom women should be voting? No!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

[rzan1]

Attractive ladies, I would say. But Anna Wintour is one evil human being. Anything she says should be taken with a grain of salt.