Beau Biden, the former attorney general of Delaware and the eldest son of Vice President Joe Biden, has died of brain cancer. He was aged 46. His father, Joe Biden made the announcement in a statement on Saturday.
In 2010, the younger Mr. Biden, known as Beau, had suffered what officials described as a mild stroke. Three years later, he was admitted to the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston after what White House officials described at the time as “an episode of disorientation and weakness.”Officials said in 2013 that the doctors in Texas had removed a small lesion from his brain.
“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. In the words of the Biden family: Beau Biden was, quite simply, the finest man any of us have ever known,” the statement reads.Late Beau Biden had spent more than a week receiving treatment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington.
In 2010, the younger Mr. Biden, known as Beau, had suffered what officials described as a mild stroke. Three years later, he was admitted to the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston after what White House officials described at the time as “an episode of disorientation and weakness.”Officials said in 2013 that the doctors in Texas had removed a small lesion from his brain.
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