Former first lady Jill Biden’s ex-husband, William Stevenson, was arrested Monday and charged with the murder of his current wife, officials said.
According to a grand jury indictment filed in Delaware on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, the 77-year-old was charged with first-degree murder for the death of Linda Stevenson.
NBC News reports that police responded to a domestic dispute on December 28, 2025, and found Linda unresponsive at a Washington area residence.
The body was then sent to the Delaware Division of Forensic Sciences for an autopsy; however, police have not shared further details about his death since then.
Police said the grand jury indictment of Stevenson was the result of a thorough investigation into the death, but they did not mention Linda’s cause of death in a statement about Jill Biden’s ex-husband.
Stevenson failed to post $500,000 cash bail and was taken into custody at the Howard Young Correctional Institution.
He was married to Jill Biden (the wife of former US President Joe Biden) for five years, from February 1970 to May 1975.
Stevenson is the founding owner of the Stone Balloon Club, one of Delaware’s most popular college bars.
