Vice President Biden on Cancer Moonshot Initiative
Vice President Biden delivered remarks on the “cancer moonshot” initiative he was leading in his final year in office. His comments were mad… read more
Vice President Biden delivered remarks on the “cancer moonshot” initiative he was leading in his final year in office. His comments were made at Cleveland Clinic Innovation’s 2016 Medical Innovation Summit. Vice President Biden focused on his initiative’s goals, the resources he and other federal officials were making available to researchers, and ways in which he hoped a future administration would support the effort to combat cancer. At the top of his remarks, the vice president reflected on the death of his son Beau, who died of brain cancer at age 46 in 2015. close
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