But hobbled by inflation, illegal immigration and his own advancing age, Mr. Biden leaves office as an unpopular one-term president, turning over the Oval Office to a man he considers a fascist and a danger to democracy. He hopes that history will remember him more fondly than his contemporaries do and, as with other presidents, it just well might.

With a majority of Americans disapproving of his performance, President Joe Biden will defend his presidency on Wednesday in a farewell speech highlighting his administration's accomplishments. The speech comes just days before he leaves office and the inauguration of Donald Trump.

Just six days before Trump returns to the White House, Biden on Tuesday notified Congress that he will remove the designation as part of an initiative to free political prisoners