After four years in the White House – and a half-century in Washington – President Joe Biden has said farewell.

Biden conveyed his deep appreciation for first lady Jill Biden, who joined him in the Oval Office. “My deepest appreciation to our amazing first lady with me in the Oval today, for our entire family, you’re the love of my life and the lives of my love,” he said. “My eternal thanks to you, the American people.”

President Joe Biden warns that “an oligarchy is taking shape in America,” criticizing the “tech industrial complex" and social media, where “the truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit.

President Biden will deliver his farewell address as President-elect Donald Trump will return to the White House next week.

With only days left in the White House, President Joe Biden was saving a few surprises for his farewell address Wednesday evening. Instead of simply summing up his term in office, he used the opportunity to issue dire warnings about the future and call for deep changes to the country’s foundational document.