Beau
Biden (pictured above), who followed his father, Vice President Joe Biden, into politics and was
twice elected attorney general of Delaware, died Saturday of brain cancer less
than two years after he was diagnosed, the Associated Press has reported. Beau
Biden was 46.
The
younger Biden, who suffered a series of health problems in recent years, was
hospitalized this month at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in
Washington for then-undisclosed reasons. He suffered a mild stroke in 2010 and
three years later underwent surgery at a Texas cancer center to remove what was
describe as a small lesion.
He
announced last year that he would not seek a third term as attorney general and
planned to run for governor in 2016.
"It
is with broken hearts that Hallie, Hunter, Ashley, Jill and I announce the
passing of our husband, brother and son, Beau, after he battled brain cancer
with the same integrity, courage and strength he demonstrated every day of his
life," the vice president said late Saturday in announcing the death of
his second child. An infant daughter was killed in a car accident more than
four decades ago.
Source: AP
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