Beau Biden
Joseph "Beau" Robinette Biden III was born on February 3, 1969, in Wilmington, Delaware.
Beau suffered multiple broken bones in the car crash that took the lives of his mother and sister, but he survived after spending several months in a hospital.
Beau went on to graduate from Archmere Academy, his father's high school alma mater, and the University of Pennsylvania in 1991,[16] where he was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity.[17]
He was also a graduate of Syracuse University College of Law, as was his father.
After graduating from law school, he clerked for Judge Steven McAuliffe of the United States District Court of New Hampshire.[18]
From 1995 to 2004, he worked at the United States Department of Justice in Philadelphia, first as Counsel to the Office of Policy Development and later as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office.[19][20]
He married Hallie Olivere in 2002.
In his first bid at political office, Biden ran for Attorney General of Delaware in 2006.
Biden's opponent was a veteran state prosecutor and Assistant U.S. Attorney, Ferris Wharton.
Major issues in the campaign included the candidates' experience and proposed efforts to address sex offenders, Internet predators, senior abuse and domestic abuse.
Biden won the election by approximately five percentage points.[21]
Beau played an active role in his father's 2008 vice presidential campaign, speaking at the Democratic National Convention after Joe Biden was nominated for Vice President of the United States.
He recounted the auto accident that killed his mother and sister and the subsequent parenting commitment his father made to his sons, a speech at which many delegates wept.[22][23]
On November 2, 2010, he was easily re-elected to a second term as Delaware Attorney General, beating Independent Party of Delaware candidate Doug Campbell by a large margin.[24]
For the final few years of his life, Biden suffered from a brain tumor.[25][26]
In May 2010, he was admitted to Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware, after complaining of a headache, numbness, and paralysis.
Officials said he had suffered a "mild stroke".[26][27]
Later that month, Biden was transferred to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and kept for observation for several days.[27]
In August 2013, Biden was admitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and diagnosed with brain cancer, after experiencing what White House officials called "an episode of disorientation and weakness".[28]
A lesion was removed at that time.
Biden had radiation and chemotherapy treatments and the cancer remained stable.
On May 20, 2015, he was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, because of a recurrence of brain cancer.
He died there ten days later, on May 30, 2015, at the age of 46.[29]
His funeral was held at St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Delaware, on June 6, 2015.[30]
He was buried at St. Joseph's on the Brandywine in Greenville, Delaware.[25]