Washington ( CNN ) -- Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden -- the son of Vice President Joe Biden -- has suffered what doctors believe to be a mild stroke , according to the hospital . Biden `` was admitted this morning to Christiana Hospital in Newark , Delaware after having what we believe to be a mild stroke , according to a written statement from Dr. Timothy Gardner , medical director of the Center for Heart and Vascular Surgery at Christiana Care Health System in Delaware . `` He is in good spirits and talking with his family at the hospital . He is fully alert , in stable condition and has full motor and speech skills . We expect him to make a complete recovery . '' Biden was scheduled to be transferred later Tuesday to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , `` for further observation and examination , '' according to a statement from the vice president 's office . Biden was joined at the hospital by his wife and his father , according to an earlier statement from the vice president 's office . Biden , 41 , was elected as Delaware 's attorney general in 2006 . He recently served in Iraq for one year as a captain with the Delaware Army National Guard . He was considered a front-runner to fill his father 's former U.S. Senate seat this November , but in January he announced he had decided against a run for higher office . Biden served as a prosecutor in the U.S. attorney 's office in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , from 1997 to 2002 . Biden graduated from the Archmere Academy in Wilmington , Delaware , the University of Pennsylvania and Syracuse University College of Law . He and his wife , Hallie , have two children .
NEW : Biden is expected to be transferred to Delaware hospital this morning . Doctors believe Beau Biden , 41 , suffered a mild stroke , but is expected to make a full recovery . Biden , 41 , was elected as Delaware 's attorney general in 41 . He is the son of Vice President Joe Biden .