Biden Marks Son Beau’s Death With Grave Visit, Remarks to Military Families Ahead of Memorial Day

Biden Marks Son Beau’s Death With Grave Visit, Remarks to Military Families Ahead of Memorial Day
President Joe Biden speaks at a Memorial Day event at Veterans Memorial Park at the Delaware Memorial Bridge in New Castle, Del., on May 30, 2021. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo
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WILMINGTON, Delaware—President Joe Biden marked the sixth anniversary on Sunday of his son Beau’s death with a visit to his gravesite and a speech about grief to military families and veterans, on the eve of the Memorial Day holiday commemorating the country’s military dead.

Biden and his wife, Jill, visited Beau Biden’s grave in Delaware and attended church at the cemetery in the president’s home state on a cold, overcast day.