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Joe Biden Becomes the First Traffic Violence Widower to Hold the U.S. Presidency

Joe Biden is the first president in U.S. history who’s lost a child and a spouse to our national traffic violence epidemic.
Joe Biden Becomes the First Traffic Violence Widower to Hold the U.S. Presidency
President Biden. Photo: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons
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Kea Wilson has more than a dozen years of experience as a writer telling emotional, urgent and actionable stories that motivate average Americans to get involved in making their cities better places. She is also a novelist, cyclist, and affordable housing advocate. She previously worked at Strong Towns, and currently lives in St. Louis, MO. Kea can be reached at kea@streetsblog.org or on Twitter @streetsblogkea.

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