Biden Reflects on Grief, Suicidal Thoughts After Death of Wife, Daughter

May 26, 2012

Vice President Joe Biden today delivered a deeply personal and, at times, emotional address to survivors of slain U.S. military service members, recounting his struggle with intense grief after his wife and daughter were killed in a car accident almost 40 years ago. “For the... full story

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