WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is touring to Pennsylvania on Thursday to privately pay his respects to the mother of U.S. Sen. Bob Casey in Biden’s homeland of Scranton.
The president is predicted to arrive sooner than visiting hours for Ellen Casey, additionally a former first lady of Pennsylvania, at St. Peter’s Cathedral.
Casey, the widow of Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey and the mummy of Casey, D-Pa., died final week at age 91. Biden issued a observation Monday commemorating her lifestyles.
“On the many trips I’ve taken home to Scranton over the decades, one of the things I’ve looked forward to most was the chance to visit or talk with Ellen Casey – I truly loved her,” Biden mentioned.
The president, who grew up a couple of blocks from the Casey family, mentioned Ellen Casey embodied the “Scranton values,” of circle of relatives and public carrier.
Biden isn’t any stranger to grief or loss, having misplaced his spouse and toddler daughter in a 1972 automobile coincidence. He misplaced his eldest son, Beau, to mind most cancers in 2015. And he talks steadily about how those reviews have formed who he’s, first as a U.S. senator, then as vp and now president.
Ellen Casey misplaced her husband, who served as governor in the overdue 80s in the course of the early 90s, to an an infection in 2000. The former Democratic governor rose to nationwide prominence for his sturdy opposition to abortion, which steadily put him at odds with the Democratic Party.