Joe Biden comforts John McCain's daughter over father's brain cancer diagnosis
- by Kelli Lowe
- in Global Media
- — Dec 16, 2017
Your son Beau had the same cancer that my father was diagnosed with six months ago.
McCain is receiving treatment at the Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
. Her dad is one of my best friends. "Senator McCain looks forward to returning to work as soon as possible", the statement from his staff read.Since John McCain announced that he was diagnosed with glioblastoma brain cancer earlier this year, many politicians have rallied around the senator from Arizona and wished him a speedy recovery, including Joe Biden.
And when Joe appeared on The View on December 13, he spoke to co-host Meghan McCain (John's daughter) about her father's recent brain cancer diagnosis.
Said Biden, getting up from his chair to sit closer to McCain: "There is hope, and if anyone can make it, your dad".
There are no words I have to convey my huge gratitude to @JoeBiden and his family - your strength, hope and fortitude are an inspiration to me and so many others daily. There's hope. You have to have hope. Understandably, Meghan and the rest of the McCain family have been struggling with this news. In the wake of the diagnosis, Meghan, 33, and Domenech, 35, made the decision to get engaged and quickly plan a wedding. It's the same type of cancer McCain's father, Sen.
"It's not about me, it's about everyone with cancer", Meghan said as Biden got up to take a seat next to her. "I know you and your family have been through tragedy that I couldn't conceive of". I've lost races. I've caved into what seems to be the easy way out and wasn't. I have nothing but gratitude for a life fully lived, and you can't ask for anything more than that. And you remember what I said? "Your son Beau had the same cancer that my father was diagnosed with six months ago", a visibly emotional Meghan, who joined The View in October, began, referring to Biden's memoir Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship and goal. But Biden insisted that if he or McCain needed the other's help, it would be given. All were declared Stage 0.
