What Is in (the Prefix of) a Name? Mrs. Biden or Dr. Biden

It matters to the First Lady-elect, Dr. Jill Biden; she earned her doctorate.

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In an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal on December 11, 2020, Joseph Epstein advised Jill Biden to “think about dropping the honorific [Dr.], which feels fraudulent, even comic.” Epstein is an 83-year old essayist who…