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Joseph Robinette " Beau " Biden III (February 3, 1969 – May 30, 2015) was an American politician and attorney. He was the 44th attorney general of Delaware from 2007 to 2015. He was the eldest son of U.S. President Joe Biden and his first wife Neilia Hunter Biden and stepson of U.S. First Lady Jill Biden.
May 31, 2015 · DOVER, Del. — He was the privileged son of a longtime U.S. senator and two-term vice president, yet Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III was no stranger to personal adversity.
- Biden Was Deployed in 2008
- Biden’s Unit Specialized in Communication
- Biden Received A Bronze Star Medal
- Biden Believes Military Burn Pits May Be Linked to Son’S Cancer Diagnosis
- A National Guard Headquarters in Delaware Is Named After Beau Biden
Biden served in Iraq for a year after being deployed in 2008, The Independent reported. From October 2008 to September 2009, he served as a judge advocate general, The Atlanticnoted. While in Iraq, Biden didn’t resign from his position as Delaware’s Attorney General while in Iraq. While Biden was in Iraq, his father was running for Vice President o...
Beau Biden was a member of the 261 Signal Brigade. According to the Review Atlas, this unit was “the first National Guard unit to maintain the military’s signal and communications network in Iraq, replacing an active duty Army unit that has been in the war zone for the past year.” They were also known as the 261st Theater Tactical Signal Brigade. A...
After a year of service in Iraq, Biden was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, which his father noted during the Presidential Debate. The Medals of America wrote that this is the fourth-highest award and signifies “sacrifice, bravery and honor while serving their country.” It became an official military honor in 1944 during World War II after being auth...
During an interview on PBS Newshour in 2018, Biden revealed that he learned his son was exposed to toxic fires while serving in Iraq. He said he became aware after reading The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America’s Soldiers by former Army Staff Sergeant Joseph Hickman, who mentioned the younger Biden in one of the chapters. After reading this book, ...
According to the Associated Press, it was announced in 2015 that the National Guard headquarters in New Castle, Delaware was renamed after Beau Biden. It was renamed the Major Joseph R. (Beau) Biden III Armed Forces Reserve Center where the Army and Air National Guard and local U.S. Navy Reserve are located. “Nothing made Beau more proud than putti...
May 31, 2015 · Beau Biden, former Delaware Attorney General and son of VP, dies of brain cancer. By. Mark Eichmann with reporting from The Associated Press. May 31, 2015. Vice President Joe Biden announced Saturday that his son, Beau, has died of brain cancer. Beau Biden was 46.
May 31, 2015 · Beau Biden was much more than just the son of the vice president. He was building an impressive political legacy in his own right when his life was cut short by brain cancer. After serving as a legal advisor for the U.S. Department of Justice overseas in post-war Kosovo in 2001, Biden returned to private legal practice in Delaware before being ...
- Mark Eichmann
Feb 4, 2024 · It came during a four-year period — from May 2015, when his son Beau died, to April 2019, when he launched a presidential campaign and in a very real way regained it — that marked one of...
Jun 7, 2015 · Calling himself part of the Biden clan, President Barack Obama remembered Beau Biden as a selfless son and consummate public servant in a eulogy delivered at Biden’s funeral.
