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"You just felt it in your bones: Something bad happened."Īs he left the U.S. "By the tone of the phone call, you just knew," he said in 2012, addressing the families of fallen U.S. Capitol building, preparing his staff, when he received a phone call telling that his family members had been in a car accident on their way to buy a Christmas tree. Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the car crash that killed Biden's first wife Neilia Hunter Biden and 13-month-old daughter Naomi Bidenīiden has previously opened up about the events of that day, saying in a 2012 speech that he was at the U.S. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., after attending Mass on. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden followed by granddaughters Maisy Biden, carrying a wreath, Finnegan Biden and Natalie Biden, right, leave St.