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Son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden dies after long battle with cancer

Joe Biden with Son
Joe Biden with son Beau Biden      Photo: Courtesy

Former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, died on Saturday after battling brain cancer, the vice president said. He was 46.

"The entire Biden family is saddened beyond words," Vice President Biden said in a statement released by the White House.

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