Neilia hunter cause of death: It was unexplainable adoration for Joe Biden. The University of Delaware junior had gone on a spring break outing to the Bahamas and sneaked into an elite sea shore resort, where he happened upon Syracuse University senior Neilia Hunter sunbathing by a pool.

“At the point when she moved in the direction of me, I could see she had a delightful grin and dazzling green eyes,” he wrote in his journal Promises to Keep. “She was lit by the unforgiving excursion of a full evening sun, and I was unable to see a solitary imperfection.”

Joe discovered Neilia to be warm, brilliant and refreshingly practical, unbothered by his unassuming childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware. Furthermore, as their relationship advanced, her wealthy guardians conquered any doubts about his governmental issues (he’s a Democrat, they were Republican) and strict confidence (he’s Catholic, they were Presbyterian).

Thusly, the August 1966 wedding among Joe and Neilia had all the earmarks of being only an early achievement in their storybook sentiment, nobody realizing their association would end in misfortune under six-and-a-half years after the fact.