There's lots of valid points of criticism for POTUS, but this isn't one of them. He has been consistent that he means Beau was exposed to toxic waste pits and that this exposure caused his brain cancer. He never, ever has claimed Beau was literally killed in Iraq
Biden admits son Beau died from cancer and not in Iraq, 11 days after claiming he died in war.
At a Memorial Day speech on Monday, President Joe Biden admitted that his late son Beau had died of brain cancer, not combat, 11 days after falsely telling U.S. troops in Japan that Beau had died ?in Iraq.?
Biden explained to the bereaved relatives of the fallen at Arlington National Cemetery that although his son did not pass away on the ?battlefield,? he thought his cancer might have been brought on by exposure to dangerous fumes from ?burn pits? while on a one-year deployment. Correcting his past statements.
?Our losses are not the same. He didn?t perish in the battlefield. It was cancer that stole him from us a year after being deployed as a major in the U.S. Army National Guard in Iraq,? Biden said, misstating by about five years the duration between his son?s return from deployment and his passing.
Since last year, the 80-year-old president has confused viewers by asserting that his son died in Iraq at least three other times.
In October, Biden said again that his son Beau had ?lost his life in Iraq,? and in November, he asserted that Iraq is ?where my son died.? On his way to the G-7 conference in Hiroshima this month, he also told a group of Marines that ?we lost him [Beau] in Iraq.?
Nevertheless, Biden also has a lengthy history of exaggerating or making false or improbable statements, such as when he declared in December that his uncle, Frank Biden, had received an honorary Purple Heart. Biden also declared in May that he had been chosen to attend the Naval Academy back in 1965.
However, neither assertion is supported by any evidence.
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