Joe Biden was surprised tonight with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by outgoing President Barack Obama.
The President was hosting a farewell tribute for the Vice President when he shocked him with the medal.
President Obama said "To know Joe Biden is to know that love without pretense, service without self-regard, and to live life fully. He is as good a man as god ever created."
The Presidential Medal of Freedom was awarded with distinction. Joe Biden will join previous recipients including Pope John Paul II, President Ronald Reagan and General Colin Powell.
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