Ex-Vice president and eternal Barack Obama bro Joe Biden has recently opened up about how he coped with grief when his son, Beau Biden, passed away.
The 74 year-old Democrat is releasing a new book called Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose which talks about how he dealt with Beau's death.
Beau Biden died in 2015 at the age of 46 from a brain tumour called glioblastoma. Beau apparently told his father Joe that he must be ok with his death, so he can help look after the wife and children Beau left behind.
Biden is, unfortunately, no stranger to grief since a car crash in 1972 killed his first wife Neilia Hunter and daughter Naomi Christina. His sons, Beau and Hunter, were the only survivors.
In an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, on Tuesday night, Pennsylvania-born Biden explained how he coped with the grief:
'The only way I was able to get through it last time was to have a sense of purpose and to do something that I think then Neilia and my daughter would be proud of me, and now, that Beau would be proud of me.'
Since remarried to Jill Biden (they wed in 1975) and with a daughter of their own (Ashley Blazer) Biden's story is ultimately one of hope, proving there is light at the end of the tunnel:
I wanted to give people hope that through purpose you can find your way through grief. Think of all the people today who got up this morning and didn't have any help at all, and lost someone they desperately, desperately missed, and they put one foot in front of the other and they move and they keep going.
Inspirational stuff.
Daisy Murray is the Digital Fashion Editor at ELLE UK, spotlighting emerging designers, sustainable shopping, and celebrity style. Since joining in 2016 as an editorial intern, Daisy has run the gamut of fashion journalism - interviewing Molly Goddard backstage at London Fashion Week, investigating the power of androgynous dressing and celebrating the joys of vintage shopping.
