** Update ** Beau Biden stable after suffering a mild stroke . He remains in stable condition, alert, with full motor and speech skills. The Attorney General will be transferred this afternoon to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia for further observation and examination. The Vice President and Dr. Jill Biden remain with their son Beau Biden in Philadelphia this morning. Biden was originally admitted to the Christiana Care Health System in Delaware. Dr. Timothy Gardner, Medical Director of the Center for Heart and Vascular Surgery said Biden, "is in good spirits and talking with his family at the hospital. He is fully alert, in stable condition and has full motor and speech skills. We expect him to make a complete recovery." The Bidens offered this statement: "The entire Biden family offers its sincerest thanks to the doctors, nurses and staff of the Christiana Care Health System who have provided tremendous care to Beau today." *** Vic...
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