Ashley Biden files for divorce from husband, Dr. Howard Krein — alongside snarky Instagram message
By Emily Crane
Former President Joe Biden’s daughter, Ashley Biden, has filed for divorce from her plastic surgeon husband, Dr. Howard Krein, after more than 13 years of marriage, court records show.
The 44-year-old ex-first daughter filed the papers in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on Monday, The Post confirmed.
Biden’s Instagram Story on the same day featured a photo of her walking through a park and flashing a thumbs-up, and was set to the song “Freedom” by Beyoncé, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, which first reported the divorce filings.
Ashley Biden arriving at the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building.
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Joe Biden’s daughter, Ashley, has filed for divorce from her husband of 13 years.
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She also posted a quote that read: “New life, new beginnings means new boundaries. New ways of being that won’t look or sound like they did before.”
Details on what caused the split weren’t immediately clear. Divorce records aren’t made public in Philadelphia.
Biden and Krein had tied the knot in Greenville, Delaware, back in June 2012 — two years after being set up by her late older brother, Beau Biden.
President Biden addressing the nation in the Oval Office, with his family and a photographer present.
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The couple was present during Joe Biden’s 2024 address to the nation about his decision to not seek re-election.
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He popped the question on a cliff in Big Sur, California, in late 2011 after getting “Pop’s” permission, People reported at the time.
“This is the right guy,” said Biden, who was vice president at the time. “And he’s getting a helluva woman.”
The couple went on to wed at the St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church, which is where Ashley was baptized, in front of some 200 guests.
Ashley Biden and Howard Krein on their wedding day.
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Biden and Krein married in 2012.
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Ashley briefly mentioned her nuptials on the public stage when she was introducing her dad at the Democratic National Convention last year.
“At the time, my dad was vice president, but he was also that dad who literally set up the entire reception,” she told the crowd.
“He was riding around in his John Deere 4-wheeler, fixing the place settings, arranging the plants, and by the way, he was very emotional.”
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Krein, 59, is an otolaryngologist and plastic surgeon at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia.
Prior to their split, the couple had been living in Philly.
Jill Biden, Ashley Biden, and Howard Krein posing in front of the Taj Mahal.
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The 44-year-old filed the divorce papers in Philadelphia.
They don’t have children.
The Post has reached out to Ashley Biden’s lawyer but didn’t hear back immediately.
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