Beau Biden

In 2002, Beau Biden married Hallie Olivere and had two children, Natalie and Hunter.

In 2010, Biden was admitted to Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware after complaining of headaches and numbness. It was reported that he had suffered from “mild stroke”. Later, Biden was transferred to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and kept under observation for many days.

In 2013, he was admitted to the University of Texas D Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and was diagnosed with brain cancer. Biden went through radiation and chemotherapy treatments and when the cancer was removed, his condition became stable.

Beau Biden was born on February 3rd, 1969 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was the eldest child of former U.S Senator and Vice President, Joe Biden, and his wife Neilia. Biden’s mother, Neilia Biden, and his younger sister Naomi were killed in a car accident in 1972.

His mother and his younger sister, Noami, were killed in an car accident on December 18, 1942. Beau Biden and his younger brother, Hunter, were also in the car at the time of accident but survived with critical injuries.

In June 1977, Joe Biden’s father married Jill Jacobs and brought the two boys “second mother”. Beau Biden has a half-sister, Ashley, who was born few years later his father’s second marriage.

He completed his education from Archmere Academy and University of Pennsylvania where he was also a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity. He also graduated from Syracuse University College of Law.

After graduating in law, he clerked for Judge Steven McAuliffe of United States District Court of New Hampshire. He worked at the United States Department of Justice for nearly nine years from 1995 to 2004.

After graduating in law, he clerked for Judge Steven McAuliffe of United States District Court of New Hampshire. He worked at the United States Department of Justice for nearly nine years from 1995 to 2004.

In 2004, he started his private law firm in a partnership and worked there till 2006 before being elected Delaware attorney general.

Simultaneously in 2003, he joined the military, and as member of the Delaware Army National Guard and served as a Major in the Judge Advocate General's Corps.

His unit, 261st Signal Brigade, was deployed in Iraq in 2008 and Beau Biden had a one year stint in Iraq from October 2008 to September 2009. In between in January 2009, he returned to America to attend his father's swearing-in as Vice President.

Beau Biden started his career in politics in 2006 by running for Attorney General of Delaware. His opponent was a veteran state prosecutor and Assistant U.S. Attorney, Ferris Wharton. The main focus of the campaign was on candidates’ experience.

The other issues that were the highlight of the campaign included efforts to address problems like sex offenders, senior abuse and domestic abuse, internet predators. Biden proved himself by winning the election by five percentage points.

When Joe Biden resigned from Senate following his 2008 elections to vice presidency, his aide Ted Kaufman was supposed to fill the vacant seat. However, Kaufman expressed his disinterest to be a candidate in the 2010 special election.

At this time, speculation ran high that Beau Biden would run for the post. But Kaufman was appointed and all the speculations came to a rest. Joe Biden gave a statement saying that his son would run for the post of a Senate in future, but he will run for it and win it on his own.

In October 2009, Beau Biden expressed his desire to run for Senate and announced that he would make a final decision in January. He was re-elected to a second term as Delaware Attorney in November 2, 2010. He successfully defeated the Independent Party of Delaware candidate, Dough Campbell by huge margin.