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Joe Biden with Beau Biden (L) and the viral photograph (R) (Credits: Getty Images, Patricia Talorico/Twitter)
A heart-stirring photograph has surfaced recently that has moved America deeply. In the photograph, first published by Delaware News Journal, a uniformed official can be seen silently kneeling at the grave of Beau Biden, the late son of 46th US President Joe Biden. The man was spotted by the photographer on Wednesday, January 20, afternoon around the time when Joe Biden was giving his inauguration speech as the President of the United States.
Beau, the eldest son of the US President, passed away in 2015 after a prolonged battle with brain cancer. He was a Delaware attorney general from 2006 till his death in 2015 and also a member of Delaware National Guard. Previously, Biden had opened up about how his sonâs untimely death affected him. He mentioned it was the main reason he did not consider running for president in 2016, even though Beau had alwa
Uniformed Man Seen Kneeling at Iraq Vet Beau Biden s Grave During Inauguration
In this July 4, 2009, file photo, then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, talks with his son, U.S. Army Capt. Beau Biden, at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. Beau Biden died of cancer in 2015. Khalid Mohammed/AP
21 Jan 2021
As President Joe Biden was addressing the nation Wednesday after swearing in as the 46th U.S. president, a quiet moment was captured 110 miles away from the nation s capital.
A journalist with The News Journal in Delaware saw a lone person in a blue uniform kneeling over the grave of the president s late son, Beau Biden, who died in 2015 at the age of 46.