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Biden's Son Headed for Iraq

. . . And maybe dad's Senate seat if he's named Obama's running mate

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 21, 2008 11:12 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Joe Biden’s son will be deployed to Iraq on October 3, the Washington Post reports, and while that may be a difficult personal event for Biden, it might boost his already promising case to become Barack Obama’s running mate. “I don’t want him going,” Biden said last year. “But I don't want my grandsons or granddaughters going back in 15 years.”

Joseph Robinette “Beau” Biden III is a rising political star himself, currently serving as Delaware’s attorney general. Delaware political observers have long expected the National Guard captain to succeed his father in the Senate, but his deployment would complicate that prospect if his father should win the VP nod, and the ticket should win the White House.

Joseph Biden talks with Barack Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2008.
Joseph Biden talks with Barack Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2008.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Beau Biden talks at his office in Wilmington, Del. in this Sept. 29, 2006 file photo.
Beau Biden talks at his office in Wilmington, Del. in this Sept. 29, 2006 file photo.   (AP Photo/Pat Crowe II)
Joe Biden visits the Georgian capital Tbilisi, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008.
Joe Biden visits the Georgian capital Tbilisi, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008.   (AP Photo/Georgy Abdaladze)
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