Politics

Obama Will Attend Biden's Mother's Funeral

By Brian Montopoli

January 11, 2010 / 12:53 PM EST / CBS News

(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will attend the funeral for Vice President Joe Biden's mother, Jean Biden, the White House has announced. The service will take place tomorrow in Wilmington, Delaware.

Jean Biden, who passed away last week at the age of 92, often accompanied her son on the campaign trail.

The vice president said in announcer her death that he and his family "learned the dignity of hard work" from Jean Biden, adding that "her strength, which was immeasurable, will live on in all of us."