Beau Biden, vice president’s son, dies of brain cancer

[anunitu]

This really caught me by surprise.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...d4e_story.html

Feeling kinda sad or our VP right now.

[gelman66]

[thalassa]

Shortly after winning his Senate race, in December 1972, Joe Biden received a phone call while in Washington interviewing staff.
His wife, Neilia, and three children had been in a horrible car crash on the way home from purchasing the family Christmas tree. His wife and daughter had died, and his two sons, Beau and Hunter, were clinging to their life. Having just turned 30, Joe Biden raced home to Wilmington and considered never taking the oath of office.
Through the support of other senators, Biden agreed to be sworn in the next month at the hospital bedside of Beau and Hunter. Eventually venturing to Washington, Biden decided that he would take the train every morning from Wilmington and return every night.

My prayers are with him and his family.

[Hawkfeathers]