Here's how Biden is spending his final full day in office
Sunday is President Joe Biden’s final full day in office, and he’s spending it in a state that helped him become president.
On the eve of Monday's inauguration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, Biden planned to deliver a final farewell Sunday from the state that "brought him to the dance," as he likes to say.
Where is Biden spending his last day in office?
Biden, accompanied by his wife, first lady Jill Biden, will spend the day in South Carolina.
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The Bidens are scheduled to visit Royal Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston to worship and speak on the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the White House said. Monday is the federal holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader.
US President Joe Biden looks on after he delivered his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mandel Ngan - Pool/Getty Images)
Afterward, the Bidens will tour the International African American Museum. It was built on a waterfront site where tens of thousands of enslaved Africans were brought to the U.S. from the late 1760s through 1808, according to the museum's website.
Local perspective:
Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., a key Biden ally, said the trip was Biden's way of saying "thank you" to the state.
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"Joe Biden is showing once again who he is by coming back to the state that really launched him to the presidency," Clyburn told The Associated Press in an interview. "This is his way of saying ‘thank you,’" Clyburn said.
The backstory:
Back in 2020, Biden saw his campaign flounder after he lost the opening contests in New Hampshire, Iowa and Nevada. But at the fourth stop, South Carolina — where Black voters make up a majority of the Democratic electorate — he was lifted to victory after Clyburn's endorsement.
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After winning election and taking office, Biden pushed for South Carolina to move to the head of the line and be the state that opened the Democratic Party's nominating process for 2024, instead of New Hampshire. He easily won the state's primary that year.
"I know Joe. We know Joe. But most importantly, Joe knows us," the congressman said at the time.
The Source: This report includes information from the Associated Press.