AsJoe Bidenwassworn in as presidentin Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, the memory of his late sonBeau Bidenwas kept alive in his home state.
Talorico saw a lone uniformed person kneeling at Beau’s grave as she drove past, and she shot some photos as the man “bowed his head and clasped his hands,” she wrote for theDelaware News Journalon Wednesday.
The journalist, who said she ran in similar circles as Beau during his time as the state’s attorney general, said that the scene brought tears to her eyes.
Her photo and the story behind it were widely shared on social media.
While Joe Biden gave his inauguration speech on Wednesday, a lone man in a blue uniform kneeled at the grave of Biden’s son Beau at St. Joseph on the Brandywine church in Greenville, Delaware.Patricia Talorico/USA TODAY NETWORK
From left: Joe Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, Beau Biden and Hallie Biden in 2012.David Lienemann/The White House
“The journalist in me wanted to go back and find out his identity and ask why he was there. The person who once received a kind gesture from Beau when I needed it most knew it was a time to be respectful, and I drove away,” Talorico wrote. “Some things in life you just let be.”
The mystery man showing his respects at Beau’s gravesite wasn’t the only person with the former National Guardsman on their mind on Inauguration Day.
On Tuesday, a sentimental detail was confirmed when Biden transition officials told reporters that one “Beau Biden” — Hunter Biden’s now-8½-month-old son with wifeMelissa Cohen— was among family members flying with the incoming presidentfrom Delaware to Washington, D.C., for the inauguration. The younger Beau was namedafter Hunter’s late brother.
Additionally, Biden arranged family photos behind the Resolute Desk as soon as he moved into the Oval Office —including a 2009 shot of Beau.
President Joe Biden signed executive orders in the Oval Office soon after he was sworn in last month.Evan Vucci/AP/Shutterstock
Beaudied in 2015at age 46 of brain cancer. After his death, the elder Biden decided hecould not runfor president in the 2016 election because he and his family were still in the throes of grief.
“Look, dealing with the loss of Beau, any parent listening who’s lost a child, knows that you can’t — it doesn’t follow schedules of primaries and caucuses and contributors. Everybody grieves at a different pace,” Biden said at the time.
Dr. Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, his infant son with wife Melissa Cohen and other members of President Joe Biden’s family attend a farewell ceremony at the Major Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center in Delaware in January.Chip Somodevilla/Getty
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On Tuesday, Bidengave his departure speechfrom the Major Joseph R. “Beau” Biden, III National Guard Reserve Center in New Castle, Delaware, which is named for his late son.
“I only have one regret, he’s not here” Biden said in the emotional speech. “Because we should be introducing him as president.”
source: people.com
