Former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenMomentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Trump expects to nominate woman to replace Ginsburg next week Video of Lindsey Graham arguing against nominating a Supreme Court justice in an election year goes viral MORE commented on basketball star Kobe Bryant’s sudden death Sunday at a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa.

Biden said he didn’t know Bryant well and "only met him a couple times."

"It makes you realize that you gotta make every day count, every single solid day, every single day count," he said.

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.⁦@JoeBiden⁩ reacts to the news of ⁦@kobebryant⁩’s death at a campaign event in Des Moines



“It makes you realize you gotta make every day count.” pic.twitter.com/sYVQCSl2kp — Johnny Verhovek (@JTHVerhovek) January 26, 2020

The presidential candidate was set to speak at Urban Dreams, a nonprofit serving the underprivileged, when the crowd was informed of Bryant’s death, with reports from NBC News saying the news led to “audible gasps.”

The audience was then led in a moment of silence.

Ahead of @JoeBiden second event at the Urban Dreams in Des Moines, the audience is led in a moment of silence after being informed of @kobebryant’s death. There were audible gasps from the crowd when they were told about his passing. pic.twitter.com/IK2MlUhLw7 — Marianna Sotomayor (@MariannaNBCNews) January 26, 2020

The former Los Angeles Lakers guard died at 41 in a helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles, according to multiple reports. The other four passengers on the helicopter also died.