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Former President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are guests on “The View” airing on Thursday, May 8.
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Former U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled conference in Chicago, Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
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Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, in November 2020. The next day, he became President-elect.
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In photos: President Joe Biden
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 27: Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks at the National Forum on Wages and Working People: Creating an Economy That Works for All at Enclave on April 27, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Six of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are attending the forum, held by the Service Employees International Union and the Center for American Progress Action Fund, to share their economic policies. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Kamala Harris speaks during at the 20th anniversary gala for Emerge America at the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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George Clooney says there should have been a Democratic primary after Biden dropped out
Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz campaigns at State Fair Park on November 4, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Former President Joe Biden gestures while arriving at Joint Base Andrews following inauguration ceremonies on January 20 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
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Former President Joe Biden speaks at the Advocates, Councelors, and Representatives for the Disabled conference in Chicago on Tuesday.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the governor's official residence about a suspected arson fire that forced him, his family and guests to flee in the middle of the night on the Jewish holiday of Passover, on Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Alexander Smirnov, middle, leaves court in Las Vegas on Tuesday, February 20, 2024.
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 07: U.S. President Donald Trump answers a reporters question during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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An exterior view of a US Department of Homeland Security building in Washington, DC, in January 2023.
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President Donald Trump is applauded by Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson as he arrives to deliver his address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4.
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President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House (R-LA) applaud behind.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds an American flag that was gifted to him by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., after he addressed a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Donald Trump signs the No Men in Women's Sports Executive Order into law in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 5.
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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 22, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
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The inauguration of President Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden speaks after being sworn in as the 46th President of the US during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, January 20, 2021. (Photo by Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK SEMANSKY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Biden’s Inauguration Day speech, annotated
President Joe Biden signs three documents including an inauguration declaration, cabinet nominations and sub-cabinet nominations in the President's Room at the US Capitol after the inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris watches at right. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Photo via AP)
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Biden signed a series of executive actions on January 28, aimed at expanding access to health care, including re-opening enrollment for health care offered through the federal marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act.
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January 20: Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, arrive at his inauguration. Biden pledged to be a president for all Americans — even those who did not support his campaign. "Today, on this January day, my whole soul is in this: bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation," he said in his inaugural address.
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