{"id":54485,"date":"2017-12-14T05:18:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T05:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=54485"},"modified":"2017-12-14T05:18:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T05:18:28","slug":"joe-biden-consoles-meghan-mccain-fathers-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/joe-biden-consoles-meghan-mccain-fathers-cancer-diagnosis.html","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden consoles Meghan McCain on father’s cancer diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Biden consoles Meghan McCain on father’s cancer diagnosis<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Joe Biden consoles Meghan McCain on father’s cancer diagnosis:- Joe Biden and Meghan McCain shared an emotional moment Wednesday, with the former vice president consoling the daughter of his friend and onetime political rival Sen. John McCain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Visiting ABC’s “The View” to talk about his book, “Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose,” Biden was asked by McCain, a co-host on the morning show, about his son Beau’s cancer diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n

McCain’s father was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, in July. Beau Biden passed away from the same cancer in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This is the hard part, bear with me, OK? I couldn’t get through your book, I tried. Your son Beau had the same cancer that my father was diagnosed with six months ago,” McCain said, apologizing as she began to choke up.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I think about Beau almost every day and I was told — sorry — that this doesn’t get easier, but that you cultivate the tools to work with this and to live with this. I know you and your family have been through tragedy that I couldn’t conceive of — what would you tell — it’s not about me, it’s about everyone with cancer,” McCain said, crying as Biden walked over, switching seats with another host to sit next to her.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Look, one of the things that gave Beau courage, my word, was John (McCain). Your dad, you may remember when you were a little kid. Your dad took care of my Beau,” Biden told her, holding her hand.<\/span><\/p>\n

His son became friends with McCain, Biden said, noting that when he was sick, Beau “talked about your dad’s courage, not about illness, but about his courage.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Biden called McCain “one of my best friends.” The two served together in the Senate for years before running against each other in the 2008 presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We’re like two brothers who were somehow raised by different fathers or something because of our points of view,” Biden said. “Even when your dad got mad at me, said I should get the hell off the ticket, and remember what I said about your dad? I said, I know, and I mean this sincerely, I know if I picked up the phone tonight and called John McCain and said, … ‘I need your help, come,’ he’d get on a plane and come. And I would for him.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Biden cited ongoing research and work on glioblastoma, encouraging McCain to remain hopeful.<\/span><\/p>\n

“There’s breakthroughs that are occurring now, there’s four things that are going on, and it can happen tomorrow,” he said. “You gotta maintain hope. There’s hope. Hope — you have to have hope,” Biden said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I swear, guys, we are gonna beat this damn disease, we really are,” he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

John McCain thanked Biden later Wednesday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Thank you @JoeBiden & the entire Biden family for serving as an example & source of strength for my own family,” he tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n

McCain’s office said in a statement later Wednesday that the senator is “receiving treatment at Walter Reed Medical Center for normal side effects of his ongoing cancer therapy.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Senator McCain looks forward to returning to work as soon as possible,” the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2017\/12\/13\/politics\/joe-biden-consoles-meghan-mccain-cancer\/index.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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