Joe Biden Delivers Lengthy Farewell at Convention: ‘America, I Gave My Best to You’

President Biden defended his record and promised to be the “best volunteer” for Kamala Harris in a 49-minute speech on Monday night, going well past midnight on the East Coast.

The convention was running more than an hour late by the time the president took the stage at the United Center in Chicago. A performance from James Taylor, slotted just before the introduction from Biden’s daughter, had to be cut for time.

The president got a four-minute ovation from the crowd, who chanted “Thank you, Joe!” at various points in the speech. The speech was also briefly interrupted at one point by pro-Palestinian protesters who unfurled a banner

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