Tragic: Beau Biden, 46, dies of brain cancer, Vice President's office announces

Really sad news: @VP's office announces that his son, Beau Biden, has passed away from brain cancer. A war veteran and fmr AG of Delaware

— Alex Romano (@alexromano) May 31, 2015

My god, the family tragedies @VP has been through.

— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) May 31, 2015

Joe Biden @VP has endured more sorrow than any one person should experience in life.

— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) May 31, 2015

Beau Biden, the son of Joe Biden, has died. The @VP statement: pic.twitter.com/H50poMwF6O

— Sudeep Reddy (@Reddy) May 31, 2015

#BREAKING: @VP announces that his son Beau Biden has died “after he battled brain cancer.”

— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) May 31, 2015

INBOX: @VP Biden announces that his son, Beau Biden, has died of brain cancer: "The entire Biden family is saddened beyond words."

— Ed O'Keefe (@edatpost) May 31, 2015

.@VP: "In the words of the Biden family: Beau Biden was, quite simply, the finest man any of us have ever known."

— Juana Summers (@jmsummers) May 31, 2015

VP Biden said Beau "battled brain cancer with the same integrity, courage, and strength he demonstrated every day of his life"

— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) May 31, 2015

Not since John F. Kennedy has a sitting president or Vice President buried a child.

— Ed O'Keefe (@edatpost) May 31, 2015

Vice President Biden: "Beau embodied my father's saying that a parents knows success his child turns out better than he did"

— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) May 31, 2015

VP Biden: It is with broken hearts that Hallie, Hunter, Ashley, Jill and I announce the passing of our husband, brother and son, Beau…1/2

— Brianna Keilar (@brikeilarcnn) May 31, 2015

VP Biden continued: …after he battled brain cancer with the same integrity, courage and strength he demonstrated every day of his life.

— Brianna Keilar (@brikeilarcnn) May 31, 2015

Prayers for the Biden family

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) May 31, 2015

Just after his Senate election in 1972, Joe Biden lost his wife and a child in a car crash. Now his son Beau has died. No words for this…

— Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) May 31, 2015

2 weeks go, Joe Biden said this of '72: "The real reason I went home every night .. I needed my children." RIP, Beau. http://t.co/6Ix0D6wusz

— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) May 31, 2015

Beau Biden; combat vet and former Delaware AG has died of brain cancer. Prayers for the family he was only 46 pic.twitter.com/xMtWrV4ZK0

— SalenaZito (@SalenaZitoTrib) May 31, 2015

Beau Biden was a lovely man. He was courageous, dignified, and kind. Our hearts break for his family, who loved him so much.

— Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) May 31, 2015

"Beau Biden believed the best of us all. For him, and for his family, we swing our lanterns higher." – @POTUS

— Jonathan Weisman (@jonathanweisman) May 31, 2015

Just a really nice man. RIP. http://t.co/QuIs9ZwIXK

— Peggy Noonan (@Peggynoonannyc) May 31, 2015

POTUS: Michelle and I humbly pray for the good Lord to watch over Beau Biden, and to protect and comfort his family here on Earth.

— Joshua Hoyos (@JoshuaHoyos) May 31, 2015

anyone who knows VP Biden will tell you he is nicest person in DC; so sad about his son

— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) May 31, 2015

RIP Beau Biden. Awful.

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 31, 2015

Regardless of politics, we should all be Joe Biden supporters tonight. We are not meant to bury our children. Beau Biden, dead at 46. Cancer

— Brit Hume (@brithume) May 31, 2015