(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images). Beau Biden (L). Beau Biden, age 4, watches from his hospital bed as did Joe is sworn in to the Senate. "One of the greatest pieces of evidence for Trump's sociopathy was his inability to resist attacking Hunter Biden when Joe Biden was talking about his other (dead) son Beau Biden. These burn pits affect nearly 3.5 million American veterans who are exposed to them. Joe Biden would. "Hunter wrote a letter to the Navy Reserve, saying that he didn't know how the drug had got into his system," suggesting that cigarettes he'd bummed from a stranger may have been the culprit. Beau Biden boarded a military aircraft for Iraq on Nov. 19, 2008, just days after his father became vice president-elect. Beau Biden passed away in May 2015 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., at the age of 46. . Would love your thoughts, please comment. His oldest son, Beau, was a distinguished Army veteran while another (Hunter) also enlisted in the Armed Forces. [50][51] Later that month, Biden was transferred to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and kept for observation for several days. [20] Biden's father stated after the announcement of Kaufman's appointment, "It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General, would make a great United States Senator just as I believe he has been a great attorney general. (Getty). While Biden was in Iraq, his father was running for Vice President of the United States alongside then-Presidential candidate Barack Obama. Joseph "Beau" Biden is the eldest son of president candidate Joe Biden. According to the Associated Press, it was announced in 2015 that the National Guard headquarters in New Castle, Delaware was renamed after Beau Biden. But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life that any office he sought he would earn on his own. [I]f he chooses to run for the Senate in the future, he will have to run and win on his own. During an interview on PBS Newshour in 2018, Biden revealed that he learned his son was exposed to toxic fires while serving in Iraq. At his funeral service, a solo rendition of the song "Til Kingdom Come" was performed by Chris Martin, the lead singer of the band Coldplay, of whom Beau had been a fan. Ten days later, on May 30, 2015, he passed away there at the age of 46. My son was in Iraq. He adored his brothers and sisters in the Delaware National Guard and what they represented in our state. [58], On November 4, 2015, Biden was posthumously awarded the Albert Schweitzer Leadership Award, the highest honor given by the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation (HOBY), for his service to mankind. Beau served in Iraq for a year from 2008 to 2009. Biden and his younger brother, Hunter, were injured during the car crash but survived, the Times wrote. Keep it short, Dad, Beau told his dad, according to a report on the ceremony in the Los Angeles Times. His son Beau, who deployed to Iraq in 2008 as a major with the Delaware National Guard, returned home safely but died in 2015 from a brain cancer that Biden believes was caused from his son's . Beau Biden is a major in the Delaware Army National Guard and served in Iraq . Plenty of those in the Twitterverse have taken Joe and Hunter Biden's side. Beau Biden, who joined the National Guard in 2003 and served in the 261st Signal Brigade, deployed to Iraq in October 2008, the day after his dad squared off against Sarah Palin in the vice. [5] In June 1977, his father married Jill Jacobs, whom Beau welcomed as a stepmother. [59] A portion of the 21st Century Cures Act (2016) was named the "Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot" initiative after him. According to the documents, Biden was disqualified from service because of asthma as a teenager. He served as the Attorney General of Delaware and a major in the Delaware Army National Guard. However, just a month later he was given a random drug test, which turned up positive for the presence of cocaine. More answers below After Biden clarified he was talking about Beau, Trump simply said, "I don't know Beau. | Updated Oct 13, 2022, 11:38 AM. Beau Biden was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on May 20, 2015, due to a brain cancer recurrence. In June he tested positive for cocaine, and by February the following year, the Navy had administratively discharged him for it. Your login session has expired. U.S. citizens also received draft deferment due to a medical condition. On November 2, 2010, he was easily reelected to a second term as Delaware Attorney General, beating Independent Party of Delaware candidate Doug Campbell by a huge margin. In 2004, he became a partner in the Wilmington law firm Bifferato, Gentilotti, Biden & Balick. Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on February 3, 1969. For this reason, the oldest son of Joe and Neilia was deployed to Iraq in 2008. [17][18], Biden joined the Delaware Army National Guard in 2003 and attended The JAG School at the University of Virginia. Born in November 1942, Biden came of age amid the Vietnam War. Beau was diagnosed with glioblastoma and lived over two years with the disease, working through most of it as the Attorney General of the state of Delaware. He's fixed it, he's working on it, and I'm proud of him.". In the book, Hickman noted that while working in Kosovo in 1999, Biden was also exposed to the fires. Was Beau Biden in the military?. Beau Biden, a former attorney general of Delaware, was the son of President Joe Biden and also served in the National Guard. Biden won the election by approximately five percentage points. You should know his story. However, his son Beau Biden did serve in the U.S. military. Get the truth along with some of the biggest misconceptions. [33], After being elected, he appointed former Delaware Attorney General and International Judge Richard S. Gebelein as Chief Deputy Attorney General, and former assistant U.S. Attorney Richard G. Andrews was appointed as State Prosecutor. Getty In 2005, he was promoted to captain. Heres what you need to know about Beau Bidens military career: GettyDelaware Attorney General Capt. Did Hunter Biden serve in the military? However, President Biden was very proud of his late son Beau who did serve in the U.S. Army. President Biden was assigned 1-Y classification which meant he would only get drafted in the event of a national emergency. It's unclear which Bronze Star Beau received. Joe Bidens firth wife, Neilia, and the couples 13-month-old daughter, Naomi, were killed in a car accident in December 1972, months before Beaus fourth birthday. The oldest child of current U.S. president Joe Biden and Neilia Hunter Biden, he served as the 44th attorney general of Delaware from 2007 to 2015 and was a major in the Delaware Army National Guard in the Iraq War. Biden joined the military in 2003 as a member of the Delaware Army National Guard and was a Major in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps as part of the 261st Signal Brigade in Smyrna, Delaware. Beau Biden served in Iraq between 2008 and 2009 as a member of the Delaware Army National Guard. "The US reveres its military and those that serve. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Rob V. is the founder of OperationMilitaryKids.org. 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, his father said in an official statement. There's addiction in every family. Just months after leaving the. Their daughter Ashley joined the Delaware Center for Justice as associate executive director in 2012. In this July 4, 2009, file photo, then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, talks with his son, U.S. Army Capt. Many delegates wept at his speech, which recounted the auto accident that killed his mother and sister and the subsequent commitment his father made to his sons. These Drinking Games Should Lighten the Mood. [55], Biden's funeral was attended by then President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, their daughters Malia and Sasha, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State and former First Lady Hillary Clinton, former US Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno, and then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama, and represented Delaware in the . Biden addresses possible link between son's fatal brain cancer and toxic military burn pits, Donald Trump Will Declare Ku Klux Klan & Antifa as Terrorist Groups. [20][21], Biden's unit was activated to deploy to Iraq on October 3, 2008 and sent to Fort Bliss, Texas for pre-deployment training. Biden said that he believed that the cancer was caused by toxic carcinogens in burn pits while Beau was serving overseas. He spent a year there. After promising to provide more services to veterans, Biden brought up his eldest son, Beau, who served in Iraq and died from an aggressive brain cancer known as glioblastoma in 2015. However, that was untrue as Beau died in 2015, after he lost a battle to brain cancer. Beau Biden was the first to serve in the military. Delaware Attorney General Capt. GettyAttorney General of Delaware and Son of Vice President Joe Biden Beau Biden waves at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 6, 2012 on the final day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC). ), "It was the honor of my life to serve in the U.S. Navy," Hunter Biden told CNN at the time, "I deeply regret and am embarrassed that my actions led to my administrative discharge.". GettyFormer U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) is seen with his son, U.S. Army Capt. He was considering a 2016 run for governor. He is a graduate of Archmere Academy, his father's high school alma mater, as well as the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity; and Syracuse University College of Law, as is his father. He stated his desire to run for governor of Delaware in 2016 in 2014 but decided not to run for a third term as attorney general. "The lowest bar for decency ANY President should be able to meet is thanking someone for their fallen son's service, which should transcend party loyalty. Joe Biden's youngest son received an "administrative discharge" in 2014. He nearly followed his father's footsteps in 2010 when he considered running for the US Senate, but was sidelined by a mild stroke. A bad person. [51], In August 2013, Biden was admitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme,[52] an aggressive type of brain cancer, after experiencing what White House officials called "an episode of disorientation and weakness". Eighteen months he lived, knowing he was going to die," Biden said in a 2019 speech. As Joe Biden spoke about his late son, Beau Biden, and his military work, Trump interrupted to ask Biden if he was referring to his son Hunter and said, "Hunter got thrown out of the . 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