Biden’s son, Beau, 46, dies of brain cancer

Associated Press

WASHINGTON

Vice President Joe Biden has announced that his son, Beau, has died of brain 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,” the vice president said late Saturday.

President Barack Obama said he and the first lady were grieving as well.

The younger Biden was a lawyer, member of the Delaware National Guard and former Delaware attorney general. He was 46.

Beau Biden was hospitalized this month at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He had suffered a mild stroke in 2010 and underwent surgery at a Texas cancer center in 2013 to remove what was described as a small lesion.

He announced last year that he wouldn’t seek a third term as attorney general and instead planned to run for governor in 2016.