IN MEMORY OF BEAU BIDEN WHO PASSED AWAY ON MAY 30

USPA NEWS - “Beau Biden was, quite simply, the finest man any of us have ever known.“ ““Vice President Joe Biden
Beau Biden, Vice President Joe Biden's older son, has died after battling brain cancer, the vice president announced Saturday. Beau Biden, a former attorney general of Delaware, was 46.

BIDEN FAMILY ANNOUNCES THE DEATH OF THEIR SON BEAU, WHO WAS BRAVELY FIGHTING AGAINST BRIAN CANCER-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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," Joe Biden said in a statement issued by the White House. Hallie Biden is Beau Biden's wife; Hunter and Ashley are his brother and half-sister. "Beau´s loss is crushing for everyone lucky enough to have known him and the whole Biden family, because you can´t know them without feeling their overwhelming love for each other ““ for family." -Secretary of State John Kerry on the passing of Vice President Joe Biden's son Beau.------------------------------------------------------------------------WHO WAS BEAU BIDEN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Beau Biden, at 46 was a major in the Delaware National Guard, and served a yearlong tour in Iraq. "The entire Biden family is saddened beyond words. We know that Beau's spirit will live on in all of us “” especially through his brave wife, Hallie, and two remarkable children, Natalie and Hunter," Joe Biden's statement said.

PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE A FATAL TRIBUTE TO BEAU BIDEN--------------In a separate statement, President Obama said, "Beau took after Joe. He studied the law, like his dad, even choosing the same law school. He chased a life of public service, like his dad, serving in Iraq and as Delaware's Attorney General. Like his dad, Beau was a good, big-hearted, devoutly Catholic and deeply faithful man, who made a difference in the lives of all he touched “” and he lives on in their hearts." In 1972, a car accident killed Joe Biden's first wife, Neilia, and infant daughter, Naomi. Beau and Hunter Biden, 4 and 3 at the time, were injured in the crash. For five years, before he married his second wife, Jill, Joe Biden raised the boys as a single father. At the time of that fatal accident, Joe Biden was newly elected to the U.S. Senate. He was sworn in at the hospital, at his sons' bedside, and began to commute daily from D.C. to Delaware to spend more time with his children. For more information see: www.state.gov, www.whitehouse.gov