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Nov 11, 2021 · Although Joe Biden did not serve in the military, his late son Beau Biden did. Beau joined the military in 2003 and rose up the ranks to become an Army Major in the JAG Corps – a unit of the Army made up of officers who double as lawyers. He was deployed to Iraq for a year in 2008 and won a Bronze Star Medal for his service.
Nov 12, 2021 · PRESIDENT Joe Biden avoided being drafted into the military five times — getting one more deferment than former president Donald Trump. Biden received five student draft deferments during the…
May 30, 2023 · President Joe Biden marked Tuesday’s eighth anniversary of one of the saddest days of his life, the death of his son Beau, by attending a memorial Mass and visiting his gravesite in Delaware.
May 25, 2020 · A handful of times Biden detailed how he thinks his son's cancer may have been related in part to the large, military base burn pits during his 2009 service in the Iraq War.
May 30, 2023 · Beau Biden also served in Delaware’s Army National Guard, including a deployment to Iraq, where the president says he was exposed to toxic gases from pits where the military burned waste. Biden has linked his son's cancer to his exposure to burn pits.
Jan 29, 2021 · Biden has a long and personal history with the hospital, which treats thousands of military service members, veterans and their families. His son Beau, who served as a major in the Delaware Army ...
May 30, 2022 · Following the service, the couple — accompanied by their grandchildren and the president's sister, Valerie Biden Owens — walked to Beau's gravesite at the nearby church cemetery.
