Joe Biden thanks Pete Buttigieg for endorsement: ‘He reminds me of my son Beau’

Pete Buttigieg tonight endorsed Joe Biden for president, with the former vice president standing at his side in Dallas, Texas, one day after ending his own presidential campaign. Biden thanked Buttigieg, showering him with praise.

“I don’t think I’ve ever done this before, but he reminds me of my son, Beau,” Biden said, with Buttigieg looking on.

The former mayor lowered his head at the comment, seemingly taken aback by the power of what Biden was saying.

“I know that may not mean much to most people, but to me, it’s the highest compliment I can give any man or woman,” Biden continued.

Beau Biden, an Iraq War veteran and the former attorney general of Delaware, died in 2015 after a lengthy battle with brain cancer.