Video: Obama surprises Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to a shocked Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White House.

Biden and the president had gathered for what the White House had described as a final tribute to the vice president.

The event began with a playful and heartfelt tribute from Obama to one of his closest friends and confidantes in Washington. As he finished his remarks, the president asked one of his military aides to come to the stage.

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