Vice President Joe Biden’s 41-year-old son is being treated for what appears to be a mild stroke, the White House announced moments ago. He is expected to make a complete recovery.
Beau Biden is Delaware’s attorney general. Earlier today, the White House announced that he was at a Delaware medical center “undergoing treatment” — though it wasn’t clear what for.
Here’s the explanation:
“Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden was admitted this morning to Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware after having what we believe to be a mild stroke,” Dr. Timothy Gardner, Medical Director of the Center for Heart and Vascular Surgery at Christiana Care Health System, said in a just-released statement.
He is in good spirits and talking with his family at the hospital. He is fully alert, in stable condition and has full motor and speech skills. We expect him to make a complete recovery.
Late Update: The White House released another statement just before 5 p.m. ET saying that Beau Biden was in stable condition and would be transferred to a hospital in Philadelphia.
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden remains in stable condition, alert, with full motor and speech skills after suffering a mild stroke. The Attorney General will be transferred this afternoon to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia for further observation and examination. The entire Biden family offers its sincerest thanks to the doctors, nurses and staff of the Christiana Care Health System who have provided tremendous care to Beau today.
