Friday 11 September 2015

Joe Biden: Opens up About Son's Death

It's been more than three months since Biden lost Beau, his eldest son, to brain cancer, forcing the vice president to contend with personal tragedy in the public eye for the second time in his life.

During that time he's invoked his son's name on occasion. And he's acknowledged the difficulty of his family's grief in repeated explanations about why he is not yet ready to decide whether he'll run for president.
But Biden had said little publicly in detail about his searing loss until Thursday's interview with Colbert, the new host of CBS' "Late Show," who urged Biden to tell a story about his son.

In his final months, with the family aware his condition was terminal, Biden recalled how concerned his ailing son was for him and marveled at how his son never complained while sick. "Dad, I know how much you love me. Promise me you're going to be all right," Biden recalled his son telling him.
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