Last night, tragedy struck the Biden family as Beau Biden, the 46 year old son of Vice President Joe Biden passed away after a quiet battle with brain cancer. Beau Biden, the former Delaware Attorney General, Iraq War veteran and survivor of the crash that killed Joe Biden’s young wife and daughter, leaves behind a wife and two children.
Joseph “Beau” Biden III, an Iraq War veteran who served as the attorney general of Delaware and was a son of Vice President Joe Biden, died Saturday at age 46, the White House said in a statement.
He died after battling brain cancer, according to the vice president’s office.
“Beau Biden was, quite simply, the finest man any of us have ever known,” his father wrote in a statement.
Biden had suffered known health problems dating back to 2010, when he experienced a stroke that did not affect his motor skills or speech.
Our hearts and prayers go out to the Vice President and his family at this difficult time.
