While Harris – who lost her presidential bid to Trump earlier this month – was not seen at the dinner, Biden decided to end his message on a positive note, echoing her concession speech, before thanking his wife for having him stood by. all.
He said: “We have come a long way since then… But I am confident that America is better positioned to lead the world today than at any point in my fifty years of public service.
“I followed that standard because I had no choice. I am Jill Biden’s husband. That is the title I am most proud of.”
Biden added: “William Butler Yeats wrote: ‘Consider where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say that my glory was that I had such friends.’ Thank you. Thank you.’