doctors say it takes months for a femur to heal but he s expected to make a full recovery. back to you. that s good news. thank you. the nation now reacting to that sad and tragic news about bow biden, the son of the vice president who died of brain dancer. beau biden was 46 years old. he battled the disease the same way he lived his life with integrity, courage, and strength. another tragedy for the family who has suffered so much. christen fisher has more on this from washington. this is the second time the vice president has lost a child. his first wife and daughter were killed in a car accident in 1972 and his son was also in that accident. here he is talking about it at the democratic national convention in 2008. my brother hunter and i were seriously injured and
wilmington in 1969, his child marched by a tragic car accident. my mom went to buy a christmas tree and on the way home we were in an automobile accident, my mom and my sister were killed, and my brother hunter and i were seriously injured and hospitalized for weeks. i was just short of 4 years old, and one of my earliest memories was being in that hospital and my dad always at our side. beau biden and his father would remain close even as the elder biden would become vice president. i went out to a parent and teacher thing on saturday night and my mom and dad babysat. beau biden put a special focus on prosecuting crimes against children and took his talent in the law in the military, serving a year in iraq. today i come as you prepare
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
we ll ask general michael hayden who used the post 9/11 tools when he led the nsa. plus, the republican race turns to the battle over isis. we hear senator paul say that isis exists because of republican foreign policy hawks. that s ridiculous. i think the senator is unsuited to be our commander in chief. our sunday panel weighs in on the showdown heating up the republican field right now on fox news sunday. hello again from fox news in washington. we begin with breaking news. vice president s son has died of brain cancer at age 46. the vice president s office says he was first diagnosed in 2013. treated and given a clean bill of health before the cancer returned this spring. he was delaware s former attorney general but he announced last year he would run for governor in 2016. when he was just 3, he and his brother hunter were seriously
accident. on the way home we were in an automobile accident. my mom, and my sister, were killed. my brother hunter and i were seriously injured and hospitalized for weeks. i was just short of 4 years old. one of my earliest memories was being in that hospital. my dad always at our side. reporter: beau biden and his father would remain close even as the elder biden became vice president. i went out saturday night with my wife to a parent/teacher kind of thing on saturday night and my mom and dad babysit. they babysit the weekend before. reporter: as delaware s a.g., he took his talent for the law into the military, serving for a year in iraq as part of the judge advocate general corps. today, i come as you prepare to deploy as a father, father who got some sage advice from his son this morning, dad, keep