President Biden paid tribute to his late son, Beau Biden, while addressing an audience at Arlington National Cemetery for a Memorial Day ceremony.
President Biden on Monday invoked the memory of his late son, Beau Biden, while addressing an audience at Arlington National Cemetery for a Memorial Day ceremony.
Sharing the pain of those whose family members have died in service, Biden noted this week marks nine years since he lost his son Beau, who served in Iraq and later died from brain cancer that the president attributes to his time stationed near toxic burn pits.
Still, the president was careful to draw a distinction between the loss of his son and those who lost loved ones on the battlefield.
« Our losses are not the same. He didn’t perish on the battlefield. He was a cancer victim from a consequence of being in the army in Iraq for a year next to a burn pit.
