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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
John Hand & Louise Burne

Joe Biden reduced to tears after surprise Mayo meeting with priest who gave last rites to son Beau

US President Joe Biden broke down in tears yesterday at Knock Shrine after he met the priest who gave his late son the last rites.

Ex-US Army chaplain Fr Frank O’Grady, who tended to tragic Beau when he was a patient at Walter Reid military hospital in Washington in 2015, spoke to Mr Biden and his other son Hunter.

Speaking afterwards, local priest Fr Richard Gibbons explained: “He laughed, he cried – it just kind of hit the man.

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