Touching moment Joe Biden breaks down in tears as Jill hails her 'husband and hero' during President's final farewell dinner at the White house... but there's no sign of Kamala

Joe Biden broke down successful tears arsenic Jill hailed her 'husband and hero' during the president's last farewell meal astatine the White House, but determination were nary signs of Kamala Harris.

The outgoing US President was flooded with emotion arsenic the First Lady paid tribute to his decades of work during a enactment connected the South Lawn thanking Democrat supporters and donors.

On Friday evening, Jill praised her husband's 40 years of service, including his past 4 years arsenic the President of the United States.

'What I've watched you bash for much than 40 years is extraordinary... Joe what you've done the past 4 years is breathtaking,' the First Lady said, arsenic Biden wiped a teardrop from his cheek.

After Biden reached for a insubstantial from his pocket, his woman raised a glass, toasting to: 'My hubby and hero, Joe Biden,' earlier the brace shared a buss connected the podium.

Before the president took to halfway signifier for his speech, Jill cracked 1 past joke, urging guests and supporters: 'If you person a seat, delight instrumentality it. Don't leap successful the pool!'

'Joe and I are hosting this meal contiguous for a precise elemental crushed to accidental convey you. Thank you to truthful galore beloved friends,' she continued.

'We began this travel to redeem the psyche of the federation and specify the airy successful the darkness. And I ne'er could person gotten to wherever the White House has go without you and we ne'er could person gotten arsenic overmuch done arsenic we did without you. And that's not hyperbole. I mean it from the bottommost of my heart.' 

The president hosted the farewell successful an effort to amusement gratitude to Democrat insiders earlier helium leaves bureau connected January 20, 2025, wherever helium volition manus implicit the presidency to Republican President-elect Donald Trump.

Biden past took to the podium pursuing the heartwarming instauration from his wife, wherever successful his code he highlighted his administration's achievements and called his clip successful bureau 'the grant of my life'.

'One happening I've ever believed astir nationalist work and particularly the presidency, is the value of asking ourselves, person we near the state successful amended signifier than we recovered it? I tin accidental with each my heart, the reply to that question is simply a resounding yes due to the fact that of you,' helium said, pointing to the cheering crowds.

'I judge we tin beryllium arrogant we're leaving America successful a amended spot contiguous than erstwhile we came into bureau 4 years ago,' helium continued.

He went connected to item getting done the 'worst pandemic we'd seen successful implicit 100 years' portion the country's system was successful a 'tailspin' and a 'violent insurrection connected January 6'.

The affectional person said with determination: 'We've travel a agelong mode since then... But I afloat judge America is amended positioned to pb the satellite contiguous than immoderate constituent successful my 50 years of nationalist service.

'I followed that modular due to the fact that I had nary choice. I'm Jill Biden's husband. That's the rubric I'm astir arrogant of'.

Gushing implicit the enactment of his wife, Biden went connected to say: 'Jill's the stone of our family,' earlier dubbing her 'one of the finest archetypal ladies successful history'

'William Butler Yeats wrote, 'Think wherever man's glory astir begins and ends, And accidental my glory was I had specified friends.' Thank you. Thank you. Thank you,' helium said.

'As I look retired implicit specified friends, serving arsenic president of the United States has been the honour of my life,' Biden concluded, arsenic his supporters cheered and clapped astir him.

But among the crowds, determination were nary signs of Vice President Kamala Harris who mislaid successful the landslide 2024 statesmanlike predetermination to Donald Trump.

Instead, Harris has tucked herself distant from the spotlight arsenic she vacations successful Hawaii with her hubby Doug Emhoff pursuing her defeat.

Keeping a debased profile, Harris arrived successful Kalaoa connected Tuesday, for what is reportedly expected to beryllium a weeklong travel arsenic she recovers from the rigorous run docket she kept up implicit the past mates of months.

The mates usually spends the Thanksgiving vacation successful Hawaii, but it presently remains unclear if Emhoff's children oregon immoderate of the Harris household members volition articulation them.

Harris, however, is prepared to alert backmost from Hawaii to interruption immoderate necktie votes successful the Senate if needed.

She delayed her travel successful the lawsuit that she would beryllium needed for votes successful the Senate to corroborate judges, 1 of her aides told NBC News. She is not expected to beryllium needed arsenic nary large conflict is expected implicit judicial nominees until December.

White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre defended Harris' abrogation during a Thursday briefing, arguing determination was thing 'wrong' with the vice president taking the abbreviated break.

'The vice president has taken clip disconnected to spell walk clip with her family. I don't deliberation there's thing incorrect with that,' she said.

'I deliberation she deserves immoderate clip to beryllium with her household and to person immoderate downtime. 

'She has worked precise hard implicit – for the past 4 years, and her taking a mates of days to beryllium with her family, bully for her. Good for her,' Jean-Pierre added.