“Hallie and I are incredibly lucky to have found the love and support we have for each other in such a difficult time, and that’s been obvious to the people who love us most,” Hunter said in a statement to the New York newspaper. “We’ve been so lucky to have family and friends who have supported us every step of the way.”

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Page Six reported that Hallie and Hunter began their relationship after the death of Hallie’s husband of brain cancer in May 2015, a tragedy that weighed heavily on the tightknit clan and reportedly contributed to the decision of Joe Biden not to run for president.

Hunter, a 47-year-old lawyer, is still married, though the tab reports that he and his wife, Kathleen, separated five months after Beau died. (Hunter made headlines over his discharge from the Navy Reserve after testing positive for cocaine in 2013.) It wasn’t clear when the relationship between Hallie and Hunter began, though they are now an “official” couple, according to the report.

Hallie has two children; Hunter and his estranged wife, Kathleen, have three. And despite the shock that greeted the report in Washington circles, the new couple apparently has the support of Joe and Jill Biden.