The son of US Vice President Joe Biden, Beau Biden, has passed away after a protracted battle with cancer.
Beau Biden was the oldest son of the current vice president, and was a successful politician himself, having served two terms as the attorney general of Delaware.
He died Saturday night, his father revealed in a statement.
“The entire Biden family is saddened beyond words. Beau Biden was, quite simply, the finest man any of us have ever known.