Joe Biden reappears after prostate cancer announcement, full speech

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00:00...to Ben Carper or any Ben or any other kid who's going to college, just to give them advice and wish them well.

00:08And I will never forget that. I will never forget that.

00:11And I would just suggest if that were your kid, your son or daughter, you would not forget it either.

00:17Let me maybe do one more thing if I can.

00:23Someone gave me Job, I don't know if maybe it was Hunter over here who gave it to me,

00:27but gave me some words and said, whatever you say, don't forget to say this about Joe Biden.

00:32A visionary, a respected leader around the world, a compassionate man who is interested in everyday people.

00:43All right. I think, Martha, what did I forget? Nothing? All right, ladies and gentlemen, I think that that's it for me.

00:53And with that, with me, where's Ronnie? Ronnie? Where's Ronnie?

01:01Ronnie, where are you, buddy?

01:03All right. Is this the time to introduce the 46th President of the United States, Delaware's Joe Biden?

01:09Let's hear it for you. On repeat. Let me hear you.

01:11Put it on you.

01:12Woo!

01:19Glad you're home. Glad you're home. Thank you.

01:23No, come on. You can do better than that. Go on.

01:26Knock it out of the park.

01:27Knock it out of the park.

01:27Thank you very much.

01:39The greatest honor of my life has been for four years of being the commander-in-chief

01:45in the United States.

01:46The fact is that I don't think if I had come from any other state, that would have happened.

01:55But in Delaware, everybody knows everybody.

02:00And it's important.

02:02It's important because, you know, we had that expression for the longest time.

02:07We do things the Delaware way.

02:09The Delaware way.

02:10Members of the House and Senate know, Democrat or Republican.

02:15We've learned to work together for the benefit of Delaware.

02:19Now, remember, Tommy, we've been coming here for decades.

02:23First time I was here, I was reminded of that quote from R.G. Ingersoll, who said,

02:32when the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when they shun compromise

02:43for death, with death, that's heroism.

02:47I remember thinking that that day, the first time.

02:51Thinking about my uncles in World War II.

02:53Thinking about people I knew.

02:56Thinking about all the people who had laid down their lives.

02:59And ladies and gentlemen, it's good to be with so many friends

03:04on this solemn occasion.

03:07Tommy, Kyle, Lisa, Sarah, Nolan,

03:10and you're all outstanding leaders and proud Delawareans.

03:15And Chaplain, thank you for your invocation.

03:18And I want to acknowledge the keynote speaker today,

03:22a pathbreaker and a patriot.

03:24Chief Warrant Officer Ernestine Epps.

03:28Ernestine, thank you.

03:29And thank you for being willing to do this.

03:30I'm looking forward to hearing you.

03:35Folks, every year we come together to remember,

03:41to remember, to remember the brave women and men

03:44who gave their all for this nation.

03:47Or as Lincoln called it,

03:49the last full measure of devotion.

03:53That's what it was, the last full measure of devotion.

03:57They laid down their lives

03:59so we could live our lives in peace

04:02and maybe the most important word with possibilities.

04:07And I know,

04:08I know I speak for everyone here

04:10and when I say we remember them

04:12every single day,

04:15not just this day,

04:16but every day,

04:17the people assembled under this tent.

04:19Remember them every day.

04:20We come together to remember the families

04:23that are left behind,

04:25the hearts that still carry the weight of their absence,

04:30the ache that never fully goes away.

04:34We come together to remember the debt we owe

04:37to the American military.

04:40Military is a solid spine,

04:42the spine of our nation,

04:46our troops,

04:48our veterans,

04:49our military families,

04:51and our Gold Star families in particular.

04:56Only around 1% of all Americans defend 99% of us.

05:021%.

05:05Just 1% of Americans risk the ultimate sacrifice.

05:10We owe them so much more than we can ever repay them.

05:14We have many obligations in the nation,

05:16but only one truly sacred obligation,

05:20sacred obligation.

05:22That's to equip those we send into harm's way

05:25and care for them when they're families,

05:27when they come home and when they don't come home.

05:31It's a sacred obligation.

05:35I know for many of you Memorial Day,

05:38like for us is deeply personal.

05:41For the Bidens,

05:43this day is the 10th anniversary

05:46of the loss of my son Beau who spent a year in Iraq.

05:51And to be honest, it's a hard day.

05:55His son and I, Hunter, who's here in the crowd.

05:58I don't know where you're sitting, Hunter,

06:00but all the way in the back there.

06:02His daddy came to this event with me,

06:06well, at the same age when he started.

06:08He just graduated from high school,

06:09heading off to college.

06:10And, you know, it's being with all of you,

06:21but quite frankly, it makes things a little bit easier.

06:24It really does.

06:26So thank you for allowing me to grieve with you.

06:29Some of you know, some of you knew my son Beau.

06:35He served in the Delaware National Guard,

06:38including a year in Iraq.

06:40Remember, I got a phone call.

06:41I was in Washington.

06:42He said, Dad, can you, what are you doing Friday?

06:45I said, what do you need, honey?

06:46He said, I want you to pin my bars on.

06:48I said, pin your bars on?

06:50You have two kids, you know?

06:52Dad, somebody's got to do this, Dad.

06:56Proudest day of his life is putting that uniform on.

06:58That's not a joke. That's not hyperbole. That's real.

07:01And, you know, it's one of the proudest things

07:03I ever did, pinning that — his bars on him.

07:08And it means so much to our family at the headquarters

07:11of the Delaware National Guard has been renamed after Beau.

07:17His legacy lives on.

07:18His children, his grandchildren, his great-grandchildren,

07:21like those you lost, will be remembered.

07:24They'll remember who he was.

07:25And just like the legacy of all our fallen heroes lives on,

07:32they live on in us.

07:35And they live on in the strength and freedom of our nation.

07:39That sounds like hyperbole, but it's real.

07:41It's literal.

07:44So, everyone, everyone who came here today to grieve

07:47with grief in their heart,

07:49please, no, you're not alone.

07:53You'll never be alone.

07:55And your loved one will never be forgotten.

07:58Period.

07:59My friends,

08:01Memorial Day is about something profound.

08:03Our politics have become so divided and so bitter.

08:08All the years I've been doing this,

08:10I never thought we'd get to this point.

08:12But we are.

08:13Our troops don't wear a uniform that says,

08:15I'm a Democrat or I'm a Republican.

08:17It says, I'm an American.

08:19I'm an American.

08:20That's who I am.

08:21I'm serious about this.

08:24I'm not joking.

08:27And, folks, our politics has become,

08:30as I said, so divided.

08:33They wear the uniform of the United States of America,

08:37the only nation in the world,

08:40literally, not free,

08:41the only nation in the world founded on an idea,

08:44an idea.

08:46Every nation was founded on geography, ethnicity,

08:48ethnicity, some unifying principle,

08:52but not an idea.

08:54The idea of what America was founded on,

08:56we hold these truths to be self-evident,

08:58that all men and women are created equal.

09:01Endowed by the creator of certain inalienable rights,

09:03life, liberty, pursuit of that.

09:05We made it.

09:06That's who we are.

09:07That's what makes America the most unique nation in the world,

09:10literally, not figuratively.

09:13In fact, folks,

09:15you know,

09:16for generation after generation,

09:18the profound idea has been defended

09:21by ordinary citizens

09:23who stepped up and answered the call.

09:27Because of them,

09:28American democracy has endured for nearly 250 years.

09:33Every generation,

09:35every generation,

09:37every generation has to fight to maintain that democracy

09:42every time, every generation.

09:43because of them,

09:46our government is still of the people,

09:48by the people and for the people.

09:50They,

09:52they are we.

09:54And now we must make sure that sacrifice has never been in vain.

09:58Let me close with this.

10:02The women and men we honor today

10:04were no longer with us,

10:06but you can still hear their echoes.

10:09Literally, can't you?

10:09If you lost anybody,

10:11you can hear their echoes,

10:12the echoes of their voices.

10:15They're asking what will we do,

10:20we who are alive,

10:21we who remain.

10:23They're not asking us to risk our lives.

10:26They're asking us to stay true to what America stands for.

10:30They're not asking us to do their jobs.

10:33They're asking us to do our job,

10:37to protect our nation,

10:39in our time,

10:41now,

10:42to defend democracy,

10:44the part of something bigger than ourselves.

10:48So today,

10:50let's renew our pledge to honor our heroes.

10:53I mean this sincerely.

10:55Renew our pledge to honor our heroes.

10:57Think of what they did.

10:58Think what they'd be doing if they were standing here today with us.

11:00Not only with our words,

11:03with our deeds,

11:05to care for their families,

11:08to support our veterans with more, not less.

11:14I get really angry when I hear about veterans are seeking too much.

11:19They're not enough.

11:22That's where I wrote the legislation relating to Gold Star families

11:26and the rest.

11:27It's an obligation we have.

11:29It's a matter of honor. Honor.

11:33Ladies and gentlemen,

11:35to make sure our democracy always lives up to their bravery,

11:40to their bravery.

11:42And I want to thank you very much,

11:43and I want to recognize the guy who's brand new to all this.

11:46He's only a little over 100 years old.

11:50But I tell you what, man,

11:52I, every time I come, I love seeing him,

11:54because he always pats me on the face and gives me a kiss.

12:00Sir, thank you for all you've done,

12:03your generation and every generation since then.

12:06And, folks,

12:07I want to say this from the bottom of my heart.

12:13And I want to say this from the bottom of my heart.

12:17Thank you, particularly to the Gold Star families.

12:21Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

12:25The country owes you.

12:26Thank you.

12:27Thank you.

12:53Gracias.

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