Biden repeated a dubious claim about the death of his son, Beau Biden, during a call with Shawn Sanders and Oneida Oliver-Sanders, the parents of a U.S. service member who was recently killed in an attack on a base in Jordan near the border with Syria.
Biden told Shawn Sanders and Oneida Oliver-Sanders that their daughter was being posthumously promoted to sergeant.
"Oh wow, that is the best news I’ve heard today, thank you so much," Oliver-Sanders said as she and her husband were brought to tears. "You don’t know how much that means to us."
"Oh, well, I tell you what, it means a lot to me," Biden responded. "My son spent a year in Iraq; that’s how I lost him."
In contrast to his claims, Beau Biden died from glioblastoma, the most common form of brain cancer, in May 2015 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
Biden told Shawn Sanders and Oneida Oliver-Sanders that their daughter was being posthumously promoted to sergeant.
"Oh wow, that is the best news I’ve heard today, thank you so much," Oliver-Sanders said as she and her husband were brought to tears. "You don’t know how much that means to us."
"Oh, well, I tell you what, it means a lot to me," Biden responded. "My son spent a year in Iraq; that’s how I lost him."
In contrast to his claims, Beau Biden died from glioblastoma, the most common form of brain cancer, in May 2015 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.