Biden Discusses Aneurysms
(CBS)
(DUBLIN, Ohio) Joe Biden, who attended the memorial service for Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones today, talked about his own bout with aneurysms that nearly killed him 20 years ago. "When mine burst fortunately as described to me by the neurosurgeon it ricocheted off my skull instead of into my brain,” Biden explained, “If it had been the other way around I'd be a….”
Biden seemed to be particularly affected by Tubbs Jones’ death, because it was a stark reminder of what could have happened to him. “I know it sounds corny, it almost sounds maudlin, but you know here she was one day walking around just like I was the next day,” he said adding, “I woke up four hours later on the floor with a hemorrhage. In her case the same thing happened only she never made it back."
