Howard David Krein is an American otolaryngologist, and business executive. He married Ashley Biden, daughter of former U.S. president Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, in 2012 and she filed for divorce during 2025. He is a professor of otolaryngology at Thomas Jefferson University and is a founding partner and co-director of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital's Facial Aesthetic and Reconstructive Center. Krein is the chief medical officer at StartUp Health, a venture capital and health technology firm. He served on the Biden Cancer Initiative's board of directors from 2017 to 2019. Krein advised the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign on its COVID-19 pandemic response in an unofficial role.
- Occupation
- otolaryngologist, business executive
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1966