Mourners, including President Barack Obama, gathered at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Wilmington, Delaware on June 6, 2015 for the funeral of Beau Biden, the eldest son of Vice President Joe Biden. Beau, the former Delaware Attorney General died of brain cancer at 46 years old.
Beau Biden's brother Hunter, son Hunter, widow Hallie, Vice President Joe Biden and daughter Natalie look on before a funeral mass.
A procession carrying a casket enters the funeral of former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden. More than 1,000 guests reported packed into the church to mourn the public servant.
President Barack Obama arrives at the funeral of former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Wilmington, Delaware. "Like his father, Beau did not have a mean bone in his body," Obama declared during his speech at the service. "From his dad, he learned how to get back up when life got him down."
U.S. President Barack Obama hugs Vice President Joe Biden during the funeral of his son former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden as Biden's widow Hallie passes her husband's casket.
Vice President Joe Biden's grandaughters Naomi, Maisy and Finnegan Biden participate in a reading during their uncle Beau Biden's funeral.
Vice President Joe Biden attends the funeral of his son, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden. The vice president did not take the stage at the service.
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers the eulogy during the funeral of former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden. Speaking about the car accident that took Vice President Biden's first wife and baby daughter, Obama said, "Rather than use his childhood trauma for justification for a life of self-pity or self-centeredness, that very young boy made a very grown-up decision: He would live a life of meaning, he would live a life for others."
The president declared that Beau Biden "did in 46 years what most of us couldn't do in 146 years."
U.S. President Barack Obama hugs Vice President Joe Biden after delivering the eulogy during the funeral of Biden's son, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, at St. Anthony of Padua church in Wilimington, Delaware June 6, 2015.
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Vice President Joseph Biden places his hand on his heart as the casket of his son is carried into the church before a funeral mass.
