By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:06 PM on 3rd October 2011 The younger brother of Vice President Joe Biden was hospitalized after he opened a package from India containing a white powder that was initially thought to be anthrax. Francis Biden, 57, was at his Boynton Beach, Florida, home on Saturday when we received the Manila envelope, which was addressed to him. When he opened it, his skin came into contact with a suspicious white powder and he immediately contacted authorities who evacuated the neighbours and took him to hospital, where he was held overnight. Scare: Frank Biden, vice-president Joe Biden's brother, was sent an envelope containing a suspicious white powder
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Suspicious white powder sent to vice-president's brother's home from India
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FBI says the package is 'not threatening'
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