--- description: President Obama eulogized Beau Biden at a mass in Delaware on Saturday title: Full Text of Barack Obama Beau Biden Eulogy image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e41da5eac3b7d41/6988525435ba6fd83bc0d815/ap080827025604.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read the Full Text of President Obama's Eulogy at Beau Biden's Funeral by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2015 6:14 PM CUT  Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden introduces his father at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, on Aug. 27, 2008. Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden introduces his father at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, on Aug. 27, 2008.Paul Sancya—AP by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2015 6:14 PM CUT President Obama delivered a heartfelt eulogy at Beau Biden’s funeral in Delaware on Saturday. Here is a full transcript of his remarks, as delivered: --- > “” --- _Read next:_ [_Watch Chris Martin Sing a Beautiful Version of ‘Til Kingdom Come’ at Beau Biden’s Funeral_](http://time.com/3911738/beau-biden-funeral-chris-martin-coldplay/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3911699/beau-biden-funeral-barack-obama-eulogy-full-text/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3911699/beau-biden-funeral-barack-obama-eulogy-full-text/"},"headline":"Read the Full Text of President Obama's Eulogy at Beau Biden's Funeral","datePublished":"2015-06-06T18:14:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:58:48.867Z","description":"President Obama eulogized Beau Biden at a mass in Delaware on Saturday","url":"https://time.com/3911699/beau-biden-funeral-barack-obama-eulogy-full-text/","keywords":["Joe Biden","White House","People","vice president"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e41da5eac3b7d41/6988525435ba6fd83bc0d815/ap080827025604.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e41da5eac3b7d41/6988525435ba6fd83bc0d815/ap080827025604.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Beau Biden","caption":"Beau Biden","creditText":"Paul Sancya—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3911699/beau-biden-funeral-barack-obama-eulogy-full-text/","name":"Read the Full Text of President Obama's Eulogy at Beau Biden's Funeral"}}]}] ```