© Ashley Blazer Biden was married Saturday to Dr. Howard David Krein in Wilmington. (Photo courtesy of the White House)
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden's office has announced that his daughter has married a Pennsylvania doctor at a ceremony in Delaware.
A news release from Biden's office says Ashley Blazer Biden was married Saturday to Dr. Howard David Krein in Wilmington. She is a social worker for the state of Delaware and he is a plastic surgeon in Philadelphia.
The News-Journal reported that the couple was exchanging vows at the same church where she was baptized, St. Joseph on the Brandywine, in a joint Jewish-Catholic ceremony. It was being followed by a reception at the Biden residence in Greenville.
Vice President Biden and his wife Jill issued a statement saying close family and friends attended the private ceremony. The statement concludes, "We're happy to welcome Howard into our family, and we wish them all the best in their new life together."