Kids of Vice Presidents: Then and Now

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Beau Biden spent the past week leading up to the debate supporting his dad's campaign on the road and in TV appearances. The 43-year-old father of two was even name-checked by Paul Ryan on Thursday night in a nod to his military service. After his dad's first VP debate in 2008, Biden was deployed to Iraq as a member of the Delaware National Army Guard. He returned briefly in 2009 for the inauguration was re-elected as ... more 

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Beau Biden spent the past week leading up to the debate supporting his dad's campaign on the road and in TV appearances. The 43-year-old father of two was even name-checked by Paul Ryan on Thursday night in a nod to his military service. After his dad's first VP debate in 2008, Biden was deployed to Iraq as a member of the Delaware National Army Guard. He returned briefly in 2009 for the inauguration was re-elected as Delaware's Attorney General that same year. After recovering from a mild stroke in 2010, Beau made headlines for backing Delaware's controversial child abuse amendment that takes a harder stance against physical punishment of kids. less