LATEST: Vice Pres. Mike Pence will not be attending Pres. Trump’s farewell ceremony at Joint Base Andrews tomorrow, according to his schedule. Instead, his only event of the day is to attend Biden's inauguration.
Biden delivered short but emotional farewell remarks in a send-off event in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday afternoon, and wiped away tears as he wished his adopted state -- which first elected him to U.S. Senate at the age of 29 -- goodbye."Excuse the emotion, but when I die, Delaware will be written on my heart," Biden said, choking up.
In another emotional moment, Biden said his only regret was that his late son, Beau Biden, wasn't there with them. The location Biden spoke at, the Joseph R."Beau" Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center, was named for his son, who died of brain cancer in 2015. Beau was 46 when he died, and Biden is hours away from being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States.