So, how did Melissa Cohen get her start in life? She was actually born and raised on the other side of the world, in South Africa. According to the Daily Mail, she was first raised by a tribeswoman in Transkei and her first language was Xhosa, a tribal dialect. She allegedly then learned English at 6 years old.
In his memoir "Beautiful Things," Hunter Biden revealed a few details about his wife's upbringing (via Forward). Apparently, after living with the tribeswoman, Cohen spent a year in a "children's home" until she was adopted by a Jewish South African family (Lee and Zoe Cohen) who had three of their own sons. Apparently, as a child, she became fluent in five languages, including Italian, Hebrew and, of course, English. Growing up, she was called "Missy," "Mel," or "jungle girl," because of her love of nature and animals.
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