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"It was a mistake
to use an old joke about Vice President Biden during his time of
grief, and I sincerely apologize," Cruz, a Texas senator seeking
the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, wrote on Facebook.
"The loss of his son is heartbreaking and tragic, and our
prayers are very much with the Vice President and his family."
U.S. media reported that Cruz had said on Wednesday in Michigan:
“Joe Biden … You know what the nice thing is? You don’t even
need a punch line.”
Beau Biden, a former Delaware attorney general, died on Saturday
of brain cancer at age 46. President Barack Obama is to deliver
the eulogy at a funeral Mass for Biden on Saturday in
Wilmington, Delaware, the White House said on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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