Beau also had higher political aspirations of his own.

“Beau should be the one running for president, not me,” Joe said.

Sons Beau and Hunter, who were toddlers, were severely injured but recovered fully.

Joe and Natalie Biden at St. Joseph on the Brandywine church

Biden would write about his grief after losing his wife and daughter.

Neilia and Amy are buried at the same church cemetery as Beau.

“My son was better than me.”

Joe and Beau Biden in Iraq