When Biden left the West Wing, the big money started coming.
The following year, she reported $24,400 of author earnings. In 2012, Jill published a children’s book called Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops. Between 20, the Bidens took in about $17,000 of net earnings per year from the property. Other sources of income include a cottage in Wilmington, Delaware, which the Secret Service reportedly rented. Biden, who was 66 when he became vice president, had only collected about $6,500 from Social Security before 2009. They also collected about $890,000 from pensions and annuities over the same time frame. The couple earned about $385,000 in Social Security benefits between 20. In 2009, the Bidens also began collecting real money from Social Security, as well as pensions and annuities, according to their tax filings.
