Vice President Biden’s Mother, Jean, Dies at 92
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jean Biden, who raised her son Vice President Joe Biden to believe in what he called ”America’s creed … everyone is your equal,” died Friday after falling seriously ill in recent days. She was 92.
In a statement, the vice president said she died in Wilmington surrounded by her family and loved ones. She had suffered a broken hip in a fall in March 2009.
”Together with my father, her husband of 61 years who passed away in 2002, we learned the dignity of hard work and that you are defined by your sense of honor,” he said in the statement. ”Her strength, which was immeasurable, will live on in all of us.”
Joe Biden Jr. was first elected to the Senate in 1972, shortly before his 30th birthday. His mother helped out by organizing coffee klatches — part of a family effort that also included Biden’s father, sister and brothers.
Blessed Be. May the Goddess guide her on her journey to the Summerlands. May her family and friends find Peace.
Blessed be
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for taking his mother into his home. He said in an article I read in some “woman’s” magazine that they had the means to keep her at home and were happy to have her there. Not so common nowadays.
May she rest in peace.