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Beau Biden

Those We Lost

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2015

July 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Joseph R. Biden III  1969 – 2015 Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III, former Attorney General of Delaware and eldest son of Vice President Joe Biden, died late May after fighting a long battle with brain cancer. He was 46. Biden was first diagnosed with brain cancer in August 2013 and an abscess was removed at the time. But this past May, he was admitted to the Walter Reed National … [Read more...] about Those We Lost

Joseph Robinette “Beau” Biden III Laid to Rest in Delaware

By Matthew Skwiat, Contributing Editor
June 8, 2015

June 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment

“A mighty heart” were the words that echoed through the St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church in Wilmington Delaware as President Obama eulogized the passing of Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, Iraq war veteran, and former Attorney General of Delaware who died of complications from brain cancer at 46. Obama, who fought back tears throughout his moving and eloquent speech … [Read more...] about Joseph Robinette “Beau” Biden III Laid to Rest in Delaware

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