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Amputee who was great-grandfather of 10, son with cerebral palsy killed in Eaton Fire: family

A 10-year-old wheelchair-bound great-grandfather and his son, who had cerebral palsy, died in the raging wildfires in Southern California, his family announced Thursday. When the Eaton Fire ripped through Altadena on Wednesday, former salesman Anthony Mitchell, 67, an amputee, his bedridden son Justin, in his 20s, and daughter Hajime White were killed. told the Washington […]

‘The Good News Is, I’m a Great-Grandfather!’

During an awkward press conference with California Governor Gavin Newsom about the Los Angeles wildfires, President Joe Biden took time to announce some personal “good news” to reporters, saying, “I'm a great-grandfather! ” he said. As he stood next to Newsom to update the nation on Tuesday night's multiple devastating fires, Biden abruptly pivoted to […]

Biden jokes he was ‘disappointed’ his great-grandfather wasn’t in murderous gang

President Biden once joked that he was “disheartened” to learn that his great-grandfather was not part of the gang that killed a bigoted mine supervisor. The president spoke about his ancestor, Edward Francis Blueitt, at a rally in Pittsburgh on Monday in support of Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris. “I remember my great-grandfather […]

Biden says his great-grandfather was accused of being in a group of killer coal miners

In a lengthy anecdote, President Biden on Monday claimed there was a rumor that his great-grandfather was part of a group of miners who murdered an anti-Catholic mine foreman and then laid out his body on the “doorstep” of the family's home. Speaking to union members in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the 81-year-old president recounted the bizarre […]