Emotional pics of President Barack Obama consoling VP Joe Biden at his son"s funeral

No parent should have to bury their child. However, these are emotional scenes from Delaware yesterday as Beau Biden, the son of US vice president Joe Biden, was laid to rest. US President Barack Obama gave a speech at the funeral of the 46-year-old, who died eight days ago from brain cancer.

“He did in 46 years what most of us couldn’t do in 146,” Obama told mourners. “He left nothing in the tank.”

VP Joe Biden led the mourners at a Catholic church in Delaware for the funeral service which was
attended by his family, politicians, military leaders, and other mourners. According to reports, he did not speak at the funeral.

For the US vice president, the death marked yet another untimely loss. He lost his wife and his infant daughter in a car crash in 1972, which left Beau and his brother Hunter badly injured.

Beau Biden, who was the oldest son of the vice president, had been diagnosed with brain cancer two years ago. He had served for two terms as the attorney general for Delaware, and had been planning to run for governor of the state. He had also served in Iraq.

“He was our protector, our mediator, the captain of our lives,” his sister Ashley Biden told mourners, describing how she would accompany her brother to his chemotherapy treatments.

Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin performed the group’s song ‘Till Kingdom Come’ during the service. The White House said that Beau Biden had been a Coldplay fan and that Martin had offered to sing when he found out. May his soul rest in perfect peace.

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Emotional pics of President Barack Obama consoling VP Joe Biden at his son"s funeral

US Vice President Joe Biden’s son Beau Biden dies of brain cancer

Joseph “Beau” Biden III, an Iraq War veteran who served as the attorney general of Delaware and was a son of Vice President Joe Biden, died Saturday of brain cancer less than two years after he was diagnosed, the White House said in a statement. Beau Biden was 46.

“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 vice president said late Saturday in announcing the death of his second child. An infant daughter was killed in a car accident more than four decades ago.

“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,” he said.

The younger Biden, who suffered a series of health problems in recent years, was hospitalized this month at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington for then-undisclosed reasons. He had suffered a mild stroke in 2010 and three years later underwent surgery at a Texas cancer center to remove what was describe as a small lesion.

He announced last year that he would not seek a third term as attorney general and planned to run for governor in 2016.

Beau Biden is survived by his wife, Hallie, and children Natalie, 11, and Hunter, 9, along with his parents, a brother and sister, a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, and three nieces. Funeral arrangements were not announced. Beau Biden is entitled to military funeral honors.

President Barack Obama said he and his wife, Michelle, were grieving alongside the Biden family.

US Vice President Joe Biden’s son Beau Biden dies of brain cancer