--- title: Joe Biden Sends Condolences to Trump After Brother's Death description: The former Vice President has experienced several significant personal tragedies over his lifetime. canonical: https://time.com/5879969/joe-biden-donald-trump-condolences-brother/ author: Tara Law article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-08-16T16:18:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T09:07:13.502Z article:section: Politics og:title: Joe Biden Sends Condolences to Trump After Brother's Death: 'I Know the Tremendous Pain of Losing a Loved One' og:description: The former Vice President has experienced several significant personal tragedies over his lifetime og:url: https://time.com/5879969/joe-biden-donald-trump-condolences-brother/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt856d8951fd532325/698a116297cdff19086bb102/Donald-Trump-and-Joe-Biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3276 og:image:height: 1843 og:image:alt: Donald Trump, Barack Obama and Joe Biden og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Joe Biden Sends Condolences to Trump After Brother's Death: 'I Know the Tremendous Pain of Losing a Loved One' twitter:description: The former Vice President has experienced several significant personal tragedies over his lifetime twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt856d8951fd532325/698a116297cdff19086bb102/Donald-Trump-and-Joe-Biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Joe Biden Sends Condolences to Trump After Brother's Death: 'I Know the Tremendous Pain of Losing a Loved One' > Sponsored content. 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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with former U.S. President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden after being sworn in as President on January 20, 2017 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. MARK RALSTON / Staff  by [Tara Law](https://time.com/author/tara-law/)  ## Tara Law Aug 16, 2020 4:18 PM UTC [Joe Biden](https://time.com/5843586/joe-bidens-empathy-offensive/) sent President [Donald Trump](https://time.com/5871448/donald-trump-votes-surburbs/) his sympathy after the death of Robert Trump, the President’s younger brother. Biden, the former Vice President and Trump’s rival in the [2020 presidential election](https://time.com/5876599/election-2020-coronavirus/), expressed sadness for Trump’s loss in a tweet on Sunday morning. Robert Trump, 71, died on Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York City, according to the Associated Press. “Mr. President, Jill and I are sad to learn of your younger brother Robert’s passing. I know the tremendous pain of losing a loved one — and I know how important family is in moments like these. I hope you know that our prayers are with you all,” Biden said. > [](https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1294978495383310336) The former Vice President has experienced several significant [personal tragedies](https://time.com/longform/joe-biden-2020/) over his lifetime. His first wife, Neilia, and their 13-month-old daughter, Naomi, were killed in a car crash in 1972\. 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