Sincerest Sympathy to the Biden Family

by Kim D.

@JoeBiden Condolences to you and your family on the passing of your son Beau.

— Ecklebob Chiselfritz (@RotNScoundrel) May 31, 2015

Losing a family member is devastating, no matter the circumstances, but seeing one lose the battle to cancer is heart wrenching. This is the very sad reality Vice President Joe Biden and his family are facing as they prepare their final farewells for Beau Biden who has passed away at the young age of 46. 

Condolences to the Biden family. Beau Biden, vice president’s son, dies of brain cancer http://t.co/eoapRJ6Ugt

— DonIrvine (@DonIrvine) May 31, 2015

Joseph Robinette “Beau” Biden III, the son of Vice President Biden and former state attorney general of Delaware, died Saturday after battling brain cancer for several years.  

Biden, 46, the oldest son of the vice president and the rising star of a family dynasty, had been admitted recently to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington as he fought the cancer, a battle that his father largely kept private in the last weeks as his son clung to his life.

“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,” Vice President Biden said in a statement that was released Saturday night.