CHICAGO, Dec. 29 -- The American Library Association (ALA) announced today that the next First Lady, Jill Biden, Ed.D, will participate in ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits virtual meeting on Monday, Jan. 25, from 11:15 a.m. - noon CT. Dr. Biden will join a conversation with ALA President Julius C. Jefferson, Jr., which will serve as the event's closing session.

A community college professor and author, Dr. Biden served as Second Lady of the United States from 2009-2017. She will return to the White House alongside her husband, President-elect Joe Biden on Jan. 20, 2021.

Dr. Biden has spent more than three decades teaching in community colleges, high schools and a psychiatric hospital for adolescents. She has two master's degrees and a doc...