SXSW: Former Vice President Biden pleads with entrepreneurs to support cancer research

Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, former Second Lady Jill Biden, spoke to a packed auditorium of people today about the Biden Foundation and their personal brush with cancer.

“All of us have had a touch with cancer. For us, it was the death of our beloved son, Beau,” Jill Biden said. “All of us have something to contribute. You don’t have to be a doctor, nurse or a researcher to feel that you can make a difference. We’re not going to beat cancer unless we all do our part.”

Beau Biden passed away in 2015 due to brain cancer. Devastated by his son’s death, Biden said he decided to forgo campaigning for the presidency.

“No should ever run for president of the United States unless they are ready to give every ounce of their energy to that undertaking,” Joe Biden said.

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