The reality, though, is that Beau succumbed to brain cancer at the age of 46, years after he left the service. Joe couldn't resist sticking to this tall tale even during a recent call with parents of a soldier who lost their life in the Jordan attack. The truth seems to be optional in the realm of political maneuvering.
Joe Biden tells the parents of one of the soldiers who died in Syria over the weekend that he lost his son Beau in Iraq.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) February 1, 2024
His son died of brain cancer five years after returning from Iraq.
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From Western Journal:
ABC News posted video of a phone call Biden made to the family of Sgt. Kennedy Sanders, a soldier who was killed on Sunday by a drone strike carried out by the Iranian-backed militia in Jordan.
During the call, Biden told the grieving mother and father that he understood their grief because he’s “been there.”
“Shawn, I wish I didn’t have to make this call. I know there’s nothing anybody can say or do to ease the pain. I’ve been there,” he said, according to The Hill.
He then added, “My son spent a year in Iraq; that’s how I lost him.”
But this is absolutely false.
Beau Biden died five years after he left Iraq, and his illness had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with his office-based (and not front line) duties there.
