{"id":27959,"date":"2025-05-20T01:17:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T01:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27959"},"modified":"2025-05-20T01:17:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T01:17:48","slug":"8-year-old-clip-of-joe-biden-comforting-meghan-mccain-after-her-dads-cancer-diagnosis-goes-viral-there-is-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27959","title":{"rendered":"8-Year-Old Clip of Joe Biden Comforting Meghan McCain After Her Dad\u2019s Cancer Diagnosis Goes Viral: \u2018There Is Hope\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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McCain’s father, the late Sen. John McCain, battled glioblastoma, the same brain cancer that killed Biden\u2019s son Beau<\/p>\n

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  • Joe Biden visited\u00a0The View<\/em>\u00a0in December 2017, where he comforted Meghan McCain months after her father, late Sen. John McCain, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, the same cancer that killed Biden’s son Beau<\/li>\n
  • “There is hope and if anybody can make it, your dad [can],\u201d Biden told Meghan at the time as the co-host wiped tears from her face<\/li>\n
  • Biden shared his own cancer diagnosis on Sunday, May 18, sharing that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer, which had metastasized to his bones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    An emotional exchange in which former President\u00a0Joe Biden<\/a>\u00a0comforted\u00a0Meghan McCain<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0The View\u00a0<\/em>after her father was diagnosed with cancer is going viral in the wake of Biden\u2019s own\u00a0stage 4 prostate cancer<\/a>\u00a0diagnosis.<\/p>\n

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    In the clip, which is from a December 2017 episode of the daytime talk show, Biden, 82, shared reassuring words with Meghan, 40, as former Arizona Sen.\u00a0John McCain<\/a>\u00a0battled\u00a0glioblastoma<\/a>, which he was first diagnosed with in July 2017. The disease is the same aggressive form of brain cancer that ultimately killed Biden\u2019s oldest son Beau, who\u00a0died at age 46<\/a>\u00a0in 2015.<\/p>\n

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    Biden took Meghan’s hand on\u00a0The View\u00a0<\/em>while she wiped away tears, and encouraged her to stay optimistic despite her father\u2019s diagnosis. Biden recalled how Beau insisted on having hope and told his father not to talk about survival rates or percentages.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cThere is hope and if anybody can make it, your dad [can],\u201d Biden told Meghan on\u00a0The View,\u00a0<\/em>adding, \u201cHer dad is one of my best friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    In an emotional moment, Joe Biden consoles Meghan McCain, whose father was diagnosed with the same cancer as Biden’s late son Beau: “There is hope. And if anybody can make it, your dad [can].” pic.twitter.com\/5IyS0qAgws<\/a><\/p>\n

    \u2014 The View (@TheView) December 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n