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Biden spoke from the Oval Office, the most intimate setting a president can use to address the nation. Sitting at the Resolute desk, he was serious and subdued and earnest, stumbling on a few words.
Donald Trump holds a letter that former President Joe Biden left for him as signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.
Biden began his speech at 8:00 p.m. EST from the Oval Office. [1] Biden's wife Jill , [ 2 ] his son Hunter , Hunter's wife Melissa , their son Beau, Biden's granddaughter Finnegan , and vice president Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff were present in the Oval Office during the speech. [ 3 ]
US President Donald Trump holds up outgoing President Joe Biden's letter as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the WHite House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.
President Biden formally began his speech at 9:26 p.m. EST [3] on March 7, 2024; his speech was scheduled for 9 p.m. EST. [4] Like President Trump's 2019 State of the Union Address, Biden began the address without an introduction from the Speaker of the House, breaking with a SOTU custom.
However, the tradition of the prime-time Oval Office address has continued into the Trump and Biden presidencies. The address of January 8, 2019, during the government shutdown was the first time that Trump requested airtime. [25] The address of June 2, 2023, during the debt-ceiling crisis was the first time that Biden requested airtime. [26]
Moritz, a billionaire Democrat mega-donor and venture capitalist, contributed at least $7.8 million to pro-Biden and anti-Trump causes during the last election cycle, according to The New York Times.
Trump left Biden a letter when his first term ended in 2020, despite skipping the inauguration. Biden never revealed the contents of the letter, but just said it was "very generous."