WASHINGTON (HRNW) – Joe Biden once again paid tribute to his son Beau, who died of cancer in 2015, during the first presidential debate, yet another sign of how large a role he plays in the Democratic challenger’s campaign to reach the White House.
“Even though he is no longer with us, every day he still inspires the next president for the United States,” said a voice-over at the Democratic National Convention when the former vice president formally accepted his party’s nomination in August.
Ever since Beau Biden succumbed to a brain tumor at the age of just 46, his septuagenarian father, visibly moved, mentions him at almost every public occasion.
His tributes have recently been infused with new force after reports that President Donald Trump referred to US soldiers who had been killed in combat as “losers.”
Delaware’s attorney general from 2007 to 2015, and an Army reservist who served in Iraq, Beau had flirted with the idea of following his father’s footsteps into the Senate, and seemed destined to hit the national stage.
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