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Former Delaware attorney general Joseph Robinette “Beau” Biden III has succumbed to brain cancer. He died Saturday at the age of 46.  His grieving father, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, issued the following announcement:

It is with broken hearts that Hallie, Hunter, Ashley, Jill and I announce the passing of our husband, brother and son, Beau, after he battled brain cancer with the same integrity, courage and strength he demonstrated every day of his life.

The entire Biden family is saddened beyond words. We know that Beau’s spirit will live on in all of us—especially through his brave wife, Hallie, and two remarkable children, Natalie and Hunter.

Beau’s life was defined by service to others. As a young lawyer, he worked to establish the rule of law in war-torn Kosovo. A major in the Delaware National Guard, he was an Iraq War veteran and was awarded the Bronze Star. As Delaware’s Attorney General, he fought for the powerless and made it his mission to protect children from abuse.

More than his professional accomplishments, Beau measured himself as a husband, father, son and brother. His absolute honor made him a role model for our family. Beau embodied my father’s saying that a parent knows success when his child turns out better than he did.

In the words of the Biden family: Beau Biden was, quite simply, the finest man any of us have ever known.

In a released statement Saturday President Obama said, in part:

Michelle and I are grieving tonight.  Beau Biden was a friend of ours.  His beloved family – Hallie, Natalie, and Hunter – are friends of ours.  And Joe and Jill Biden are as good as friends get.

Beau took after Joe.  He studied the law, like his dad, even choosing the same law school.  He chased a life of public service, like his dad, serving in Iraq and as Delaware’s Attorney General.  Like his dad, Beau was a good, big-hearted, devoutly Catholic and deeply faithful man, who made a difference in the lives of all he touched – and he lives on in their hearts.

This was Beau Biden’s second bout with brain cancer, for which he had been treated in Houston in 2013. He had received a clean bill of health late that year, according to the Washington Post. However, the cancer returned and he sought treatment this spring at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, according to numerous reports.

Beau Biden was a rising political star in his own right, having recently mulled a run for Delaware governor in 2016.

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Beau Biden, Former Delaware AG And Son Of US Vice President, Dead At 46  was originally published on newsone.com