There’s very sad news from the Vice President’s office tonight as it’s announced that Joe Biden’s son Beau has died of brain cancer.
Really sad news: @VP's office announces that his son, Beau Biden, has passed away from brain cancer. A war veteran and fmr AG of Delaware
— Alex Romano (@alexromano) May 31, 2015
My god, the family tragedies @VP has been through.
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) May 31, 2015
Joe Biden @VP has endured more sorrow than any one person should experience in life.
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) May 31, 2015
Beau Biden, the son of Joe Biden, has died. The @VP statement: pic.twitter.com/H50poMwF6O
— Sudeep Reddy (@Reddy) May 31, 2015
#BREAKING: @VP announces that his son Beau Biden has died “after he battled brain cancer.”
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) May 31, 2015
INBOX: @VP Biden announces that his son, Beau Biden, has died of brain cancer: "The entire Biden family is saddened beyond words."
— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) May 31, 2015
https://twitter.com/jmsummers/status/604825747815923712
VP Biden said Beau "battled brain cancer with the same integrity, courage, and strength he demonstrated every day of his life"
— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) May 31, 2015
Not since John F. Kennedy has a sitting president or Vice President buried a child.
— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) May 31, 2015
Vice President Biden: "Beau embodied my father's saying that a parents knows success his child turns out better than he did"
— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) May 31, 2015
VP Biden: It is with broken hearts that Hallie, Hunter, Ashley, Jill and I announce the passing of our husband, brother and son, Beau…1/2
— Brianna Keilar (@brikeilarcnn) May 31, 2015
VP Biden continued: …after he battled brain cancer with the same integrity, courage and strength he demonstrated every day of his life.
— Brianna Keilar (@brikeilarcnn) May 31, 2015
Prayers for the Biden family
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) May 31, 2015
Just after his Senate election in 1972, Joe Biden lost his wife and a child in a car crash. Now his son Beau has died. No words for this…
— Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) May 31, 2015
2 weeks go, Joe Biden said this of '72: "The real reason I went home every night .. I needed my children." RIP, Beau.http://t.co/6Ix0D6wusz
— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) May 31, 2015
Beau Biden; combat vet and former Delaware AG has died of brain cancer. Prayers for the family he was only 46 pic.twitter.com/xMtWrV4ZK0
— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) May 31, 2015
Beau Biden was a lovely man. He was courageous, dignified, and kind. Our hearts break for his family, who loved him so much.
— Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) May 31, 2015
"Beau Biden believed the best of us all. For him, and for his family, we swing our lanterns higher." – @POTUS
— (((JonathanWeisman))) (@jonathanweisman) May 31, 2015
Just a really nice man. RIP. http://t.co/QuIs9ZwIXK
— Peggy Noonan (@Peggynoonannyc) May 31, 2015
POTUS: Michelle and I humbly pray for the good Lord to watch over Beau Biden, and to protect and comfort his family here on Earth.
— Joshua Hoyos (@JoshuaHoyos) May 31, 2015
anyone who knows VP Biden will tell you he is nicest person in DC; so sad about his son
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) May 31, 2015
RIP Beau Biden.
Awful.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 31, 2015
Regardless of politics, we should all be Joe Biden supporters tonight. We are not meant to bury our children. Beau Biden, dead at 46. Cancer
— Brit Hume (@brithume) May 31, 2015
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