Tune in to Super Soul Sunday every Sunday at 11 a.m. Here, the former vice president reflects on what has helped him cope with loss and heartbreak over the years, and celebrates Beau's considerable accomplishments and character. But what I do is I look at my grandson, his son, and I see him. So, it's not like the pain ever goes away. 18, 1972, Neilia Biden, 30, pulled her Chevrolet station wagon to the then-stop sign at Valley and Limestone roads in Hockessin.

'I sometimes find myself-say something about him, and I can't handle it. This week marks the 50th anniversary of the death of President Joe Biden ’s first wife and baby daughter, a tragedy that has defined the Delawarean’s personal and political life. The loss of his son, Vice President Biden says during his Super Soul Sunday conversation with Oprah, is still something he's struggling to come to terms with. A month before he will be inaugurated as the countrys 46th president, Joe Biden marked the 48th anniversary of the deaths of his first wife and baby daughter. Then, in 2015, at age 46, Beau, a decorated war veteran and Delaware's attorney general, lost his battle with brain cancer. His sons, Beau and Hunter, who were ages 4 and 3, respectively, were injured but survived. In 1972, his first wife, Neilia, and his 13-month-old daughter, Naomi, were killed in an automobile accident. Naomi was the youngest of Biden's children with his first. She was only 1 years old when she and Neilia both died in a car accident in 1972. Former Vice President Joe Biden has had to deal with unimaginable family tragedy over the course of his life. Biden's daughter, Naomi, was born on November 8, 1971.

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