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ARTICLE | Politics & Policy

Biden calls for cancer 'moonshot'

October 22, 2015 1:00 AM UTC

Vice President Joe Biden vowed to push Congress to increase funding for cancer research. He made the remarks while announcing Wednesday that he will not run for president.

"We need a moonshot in this country to cure cancer," Biden said. "It's personal." Biden's son Beau died of brain cancer in May. ...