(CNN) Jill Biden was surprised by a recent newspaper op-ed piece suggesting she stop using the "Dr." title before her name, she told TV host Stephen Colbert on Thursday evening. Jill Biden has a doctorate in education. Last week, Joseph Epstein wrote in the Wall Street Journal that Biden should drop the honorific because she is not a medical doctor. Biden received her doctorate from the University of Delaware in 2007, according to her official biography . She is usually addressed in public with the "Dr." honorific, and official documents typically include it before her name.

Source: CNN December 18, 2020 13:18 UTC