The tragedy haunted him at the start of his Senate career and has been a touchstone of his presidency, with Biden recently opening a speech in Minnesota by noting how two of that state’s former senators helped him cope.īiden married Jill Jacobs in 1977 and they added daughter Ashley to the family. President Joe Biden and his family held a private memorial service Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of the car crash that killed his first wife and their baby daughter. His wife Neilia and 13-month-old daughter Naomi died after their car was broadsided while they were en route to pick up a Christmas tree. Curtis was also haunted by the tragedy for many years, according to Deborah. His sons Beau and Hunter, just under 4 and 3 at the time, were seriously injured but survived the crash. President Joe Biden on Saturday paid an emotional visit to the Delaware grave sites of his first wife and their baby to mark the anniversary of their deaths. Biden's oldest son, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and Biden's first wife Neilia Biden and their daughter Naomi, who died in an automobile accident in 1972, are all buried in the church's cemetery. (AP) President Joe Biden and his family held a private memorial service Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of the car crash that killed his first wife and their baby daughter.

Their deaths occurred just after Delaware voters elected Biden to the Senate in 1972 and the fatal car crash became a defining moment that has shaped his persona and career. (AP) - President Joe Biden on Saturday commemorated the 49th anniversary of the car crash that killed his first wife and infant daughter, visiting their graves at the Saint Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church.

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