The Riley family are fictional characters on the American soap opera One Life to Live present at its debut in 1968.

They are initially showcased as a working class contrast to the affluent Lords, with members appearing from the debut episode on July 15, 1968[1] until August 24, 2011.

At the inception of One Life to Live appears journalist Joe Riley, managing editor of the Lord family-owned The Banner newspaper of fictional Philadelphia Main Line suburb Llanview, Pennsylvania.

A working-class Irish American, early storylines focus on his budding relationship with Banner executive assistant and heiress Victoria "Viki" Lord and her first bout with multiple personalities.

Joe dies in 1979, leaving a pregnant Viki widowed with their second child and his namesake son, Joseph Riley Jr., born in 1980.