JOE Biden wept and said his late son Beau should have been sworn in as president in an address ahead of Inauguration Day.

The president-elect made the emotional speech at the Major Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III National Guard Reserve Center one day before he takes over the White House.

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Initially speaking to the crowd, Biden thanked his supporters for making him president-elect.

"It's kind of emotional for me," he said while holding back tears. "Look, you were with me my whole career, through the good times and the bad."

As he broke down in tears for a second time, Biden said: "Excuse the emotion, but when I die, Delaware will be written on my heart and the hearts of all of the Bidens."

The incoming president dedicated a lot of his speech to his late son, Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015.

"I have only one regret," Biden told supporters. "That he (Beau) should be here. Because he should be the one being sworn in as president."

Biden is now taking a private jet to Washington, DC, ahead of his inauguration in the morning, CNN reported.

It has not been reported as to why he is not flying on a US government plane, which is the standard procedure for the president-elect.

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