Biden conveyed his deep appreciation for first lady Jill Biden, who joined him in the Oval Office. “My deepest appreciation to our amazing first lady with me in the Oval today, for our entire family, you’re the love of my life and the lives of my love,” he said. “My eternal thanks to you, the American people.”

After four years in the White House – and a half-century in Washington – President Joe Biden has said farewell.

President Biden releases a farewell letter and addresses the nation as he winds down his controversial term paving the way for President-elect Donald Trump to retake the White House.

U.S. President Joe Biden will speak to the nation during his farewell address live today, Wednesday, Jan. 15 on major cable networks. Here, Biden answers questions from reporters as he speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) Susan Walsh/AP

President Joe Biden bid goodbye to Americans in a farewell address in which he also warned of serious dangers that threaten democracy.

With only days left in the White House, President Joe Biden was saving a few surprises for his farewell address Wednesday evening. Instead of simply summing up his term in office, he used the opportunity to issue dire warnings about the future and call for deep changes to the country’s foundational document.

The president will deliver his final remarks from the Oval Office. In the past, President Barack Obama went to his home in Chicago for his farewell speech. George W. Bush spoke from the East Room. Bill Clinton spoke from the Oval Office.

President Joe Biden bid farewell to the nation and his 50 year political career with an address warning against an oligarchy while offering optimism.