Beau Biden
American politician and Attorney General
Born
February 3rd, 1969
56 years ago
Died
May 30th, 2015
10 years ago — 46 years old
Category
Leaders & Politicians
Country
United States
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Served as Attorney General of Delaware
Deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom
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