Joe Biden had tears in his eyes Tuesday afternoon as he delivered a speech thanking his staff and honoring his late son, Beau Biden. He said it should have been Beau to be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.
At Major Joseph R. « Beau » Biden III National Guard Center, named after his son, who died in 2015 at the age of 46 Years of death of brain cancer, the former Veep’s voice broke and he shed a tear as he told a crowd of followers that Delaware was « written on his heart ».
« Ladies and gentlemen, I have only one regret: He’s not here because we should introduce him as President, « said Biden with tears in his eyes.
» When I die, Delaware will be written on my heart and the hearts of all Bidens. We love you all, « said Biden, 78 years old.
» You were there for us, for better or for worse. You never left and I’m proud, proud, proud to be a son of Delaware, and I’m even more proud to be standing here and doing this from the facility in Major Beau Biden, ”he said.
Biden and arriving first lady Jill Biden will be spending Tuesday night at Blair House, the historic house across from White House on Pennsylvania Avenue before taking the oath of office in a heavily fortified U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
President Trump will leave the White House early Wednesday and have his own departure ceremony at Joint Base Andrews in around 8 a.m. Maryland, slowing down the swearing-in of his successor and ignoring a centuries-old tradition of peaceful transfer of power.
Biden was a US Senator from Delaware for 36 years before Senator Barack Obama named him Vice President in 2009.
Der d Democratic staff on Tuesday thanked the First State for taking a chance and electing him to the Senate when he was “just a kid.” « It is deeply personal that our next trip to Washington begins here « said Biden. “A place that defines the best of who we are as Americans. I know these are dark times, but there is always light. That is what makes this state so special, that is what this state taught me most. «
Just weeks after Biden was elected to the Senate at the age of 29, his first wife, Neilia, and young daughter, Naomi, were killed when their car was hit by an articulated truck. He was found in the hospital room of his survivors Sons Hunter and Beau sworn in.
Before getting on a plane to Joint Base Andrews in Washington, Biden discovered that he had been part of two historic administrations.
« I waited at Wilmington station twelve years ago that a black man picked me up on my way to Washington, where we were sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States, « he said. And here we are today, my family and I, on the verge of returning to Washington to meet a black woman of South Asian descent who will be sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States, « he continued, referring to his arrival veep, Kamala Harris.
» W When I said Beau at that station waiting for Barack, don’t tell me things can’t change. You can and they do. This is America. This is Delaware, ”he said.
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