Sunday, May 31, 2015

Beau Biden 1969-2015

Joseph Biden III, known as Beau, son of Vice President Joe Biden, has died of brain cancer, after being admitted to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ten days earlier.  He was 46.  He had previously been hospitalized in 2010, for what was stated to be a "mild stroke", and again in 2013.  He is survived by his wife and two children.

Beau Biden was born on February 3, 1969 in Wilmington, Delaware.  In 1972, he and his brother Hunter were injured in a car crash that killed their younger sister Naomi and their mother Neilia.  After graduating from Archmere Academy (as had his father), he obtained his B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Syracuse University.  He worked for the U.S. Department of Justice in Philadelphia, and for two years as a partner in a law firm.  He was elected twice as Delaware Attorney General, serving from January 2007 to January 2015.  Biden also served in the Delaware Army National Guard, and was a Major in the JAG Corps.  He was deployed to Iraq in 2008.  Most recently, he announced his intention to run for Governor of Delaware.

Read more at WABC, The Washington Post, ABC News, CNN Politics and Delaware Online.

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