President Biden has been speaking to families of US troops killed in Jordan, mentioning his own personal tragedies, including the loss of his son Beau, who died of brain cancer years after returning from Iraq. Biden's comments, including the claim that his son spent a year in Iraq, have sparked controversy and accusations of lying to Gold Star families.
President Biden told Shawn and Oneida Oliver-Sanders, the parents of Kennedy Sanders, 24, one of the three U.S. soldiers killed in a drone attack in Jordan that his son spent a year in Iraq, "That's how I lost him." Beau Biden died of brain cancer. WATCH https://t.co/Bh4ElLnP05
NEW: Grieving family overcome with emotion after they received a call from Biden after their daughter was killed in Jordan. Hard to watch. While the parents were crying, Biden tried relating with them by telling them the misleading claim that his son spent a year in Iraq which… https://t.co/JKdlwMpdCp
Joe Biden brings up his dead son Beau while talking to one of the families of the three troops who got blown to bits by an Iranian-backed militia drone. For context, Beau died of brain cancer. https://t.co/qbXCKOVyxT
BIDEN: "My son spent a year in Iraq. That’s how I lost him." Joe Biden lies to the grieving parents of a soldier killed in Jordan this week. Beau died of brain cancer a few years after his time in the military. https://t.co/ol50OHTIlU
It is shameful how Biden keeps lying about his son dying in Iraq, particularly when he lies to Gold Star parents https://t.co/TaIP65Xaxt
Biden to parents who lost their child in drone attack: “My son spent a year in Iraq, that’s how I lost him” https://t.co/B8U67E8bLk
Biden keeps telling Gold Star Families that he lost his son in Iraq https://t.co/ImYzOmFwJp
“My son spent a year in Iraq. That’s how I lost him.” - Joe Biden to the parents of a soldier k*lled in Jordan this week. Biden’s son Beau died of brain cancer a few years after finishing his military service. https://t.co/zJ39paWwf4
“My son spent a year in Iraq. That’s how I lost him.” - Biden to parents of a soldier k*lled in Jordan. Biden’s son Beau died of brain cancer a few years after finishing his military service. https://t.co/zJ39paWwf4
Joe Biden tells the parents of one of the soldiers who died in Syria over the weekend that he lost his son Beau in Iraq. His son died of brain cancer five years after returning from Iraq. https://t.co/iQQ9owIptq
Joe Biden tells the parents of one of the soldiers who died in Syria over the weekend that he lost his son Beau in Iraq. AYFKM https://t.co/iQQ9owIptq
Biden opens up about personal tragedies in call to grieving parents of soldier killed in Jordan https://t.co/LXA6KpWado
President Biden speaks to families of US troops killed in Jordan, will attend dignified transfer of remains https://t.co/6PG0VNGV1K