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Beau Biden 'in great shape'

DOVER, Del. - Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, the elder son of Vice President Joe Biden, underwent a medical procedure at a Texas cancer center Tuesday and will be returning soon to his home state, the vice president's office said Wednesday.

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden addresses a press conference at the Elbert N. Carvel Del. State Building commenting on the shooting in the lobby this morning at the New Castle County Courthouse after a, Wilmington, Delaware, February 11, 2013. ( DAVID M WARREN / Staff Photographer )
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden addresses a press conference at the Elbert N. Carvel Del. State Building commenting on the shooting in the lobby this morning at the New Castle County Courthouse after a, Wilmington, Delaware, February 11, 2013. ( DAVID M WARREN / Staff Photographer )Read more
    by By Randall Chase and Josh Lederman, Associated Press, Inquirer
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DOVER, Del. - Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, the elder son of Vice President Joe Biden, underwent a medical procedure at a Texas cancer center Tuesday and will be returning soon to his home state, the vice president's office said Wednesday.

In a statement released by the White House, Vice President Biden and his wife, Jill, said Beau Biden underwent "a successful procedure." They did not provide any details.

"He is in great shape and is going to be discharged tomorrow and heading home to Delaware," the statement read. "He will follow up with his local physicians in the coming weeks."

The White House declined to answer any questions about what procedure was performed.

Beau Biden, 44, was hospitalized last week after becoming weak and disoriented while on a family vacation in Indiana.

Biden spent last weekend at home in Wilmington before going to Houston, where he was admitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center this week.

Authorities in Delaware confirmed that two weeks ago emergency responders were called to the vice president's house, where Beau Biden has been living while his own home is being renovated.

A county dispatch center log indicates that on Aug. 1, someone at the vice president's home was reported to be possibly having a stroke and apparently not alert. No names were provided.