President-elect Joe Biden on Sunday visited the cemetery where several family members, including his late son Beau, are buried at the Catholic church near his home in Delaware.
He paid his respects the day after most major news outlets, including the Fox News Decision Desk, projected him the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
The second Catholic to be elected president, Biden attended church at St. Joseph on the Brandywine near his home in Wilmington, Delaware, as he does nearly every week. After the service, he visited the church cemetery where his son Beau, his wife Neilia, and daughter Naomi have been laid to rest.
Beau Biden, a former Delaware attorney general, died in 2015 from cancer. Before his death, he had encouraged his father to make a third run for the White House.
Joe Biden’s first wife, Neilia, died in a car crash in 1972 with their infant daughter, Naomi. Their two sons, Beau and Hunter, were severely injured but survived.
In his acceptance speech Saturday, the former vice president under the Obama administration said he would announce a task force of scientists and experts Monday to develop a “blueprint” to begin beating back the virus by the time he assumes the presidency. He said his plan would be “built on bedrock science” and “constructed out of compassion, empathy and concern.”
Biden faces key staffing decisions in the days ahead. The always-frenzied 10-week transition period before Inauguration Day on Jan. 20 already has been shortened by the extra time it took to determine the winner of Tuesday’s election.❐
