biden was deployed to iraq back in 2008. he spent one year there, returning for a brief visit when his father was sworn in as vice president. beau's life was defined by service to others. as a young lawyer he worked to establish the recall of law in war-torn koes voe. as a major in the delaware national guard he made it his mission to protect children from i- abuse. beau embodied my father's saying that a parent knows success when a child turns out better than he did. beau's mother and baby sister died in a 1972 car accident. beau and his brother hunter