Catherine Eugenia Owens is known for being the daughter of Valerie Biden Owens, who is a well-known American political analyst, election strategist, and campaign manager. Owens is also the younger sister of Joe Biden, the President of the United States. Owen was a senior advisor of her brother’s “Joe Biden for President 2020” presidential campaign. She worked as campaign manager for Biden’s all Senate elections and his presidential campaign of 1988 and 2008.
In 2022 the former educator published her autobiography, Growing Up Biden. Owens was nominated Alternate Representative of the United States to represent the 71st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations by President Barack Obama in 2016. She also serves as vice-chair of both the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware and the Biden Foundation.
Catherine Eugenia Owens’s Family Background
Catherin’s mother was born on November 5, 1945, in an Irish Catholic family to Catherine Eugenia “Jean” and Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. Owens has three brothers Joe, Francis Frank Biden, and James Jim Biden. His father went through financial crises due to which the family was forced to move to her maternal grandparents in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She studied at Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated from the University of Delaware in 1967 where she was on the dean’s list and earned the title of homecoming queen.
Owens’ married Bruce Saunders but the marriage did not last long. Attorney John T. Owens is her second husband with whom she has three children: a son Cuffe Owens and two daughters, Missy Owens and Casey Owens Castello. John T.
Catherine Eugenia Owens’s Career
Catherine’s mother during her early career worked as a teacher at Wilmington Friends School. She worked at Joe Slade White & Company, a media consulting firm as executive vice president from 1997 to 2016. She also served the Ministry of Caring for more than 35 years of which she is also on the Board of Directors. Her notable work included working at Women’s Campaign International where she helped increase women’s participation in politics. Along with her brother Joe Biden, then Vice President, she was part of the U.S. delegation that went to Vatican City for the inauguration of Pope Francis in 2013.
Catherine Eugenia Owens’s Family Net Worth
According to some sources, the net worth of Catherine’s mother is around $15 million with an annual salary of more than $1 million. Ownes has undoubtedly earned a lot of fame and fortune during her exceptionally successful career. In 2008 she was honored with an Honorary Doctorate of Law by the University of Delaware. She received the “Women Inspiring Change” award from Harvard University in 2015. She was featured by Forbes on the Impact List of 50 Women in 2021. She was inducted into the Distinguished Alumnae Hall of Fame by Ursuline Academy in 2018. She has also been a featured speaker at the Ted Talk conference in Wilmington, Delaware.