Beau Biden

American politician and Attorney General

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 the 44th Attorney General of Delaware from 2007 to 2015. Discharged from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps after serving in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Practiced law after returning and focused on consumer protection and public safety. Ran for governor of Delaware in 2016 but died before the election.

Served as Attorney General of Delaware

Deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom

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