Emotional Joe Biden passes torch to Kamala Harris ending 5 decades in elected office

CHICAGO - In what may be one of the last major speeches of his decades-long political career, President Biden on Monday night handed the reins of the party to Vice President Kamala Harris as he spotlighted their administration's accomplishments over the past three and a half years.

Speaking in front of a jam-packed United Arena, site of the Democratic National Convention, the president declared "America, I gave my best to you," as the crowd of party officials and delegates, activists, and supporters repeatedly gave Biden sustained ovations and chants of "thank you, Joe."

Praising his vice president, Biden said that "selecting Kamala was the very first decision I made before I became when I became our nominee, and it was the best decision I made my whole career."

"She's tough, she's experienced, and she has enormous integrity, enormous integrity. Her story represents the best American story," the president highlighted.

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And he asked the crowd are "you are ready to vote for freedom. Are you ready to vote for democracy and for America? Let me ask you, are you ready to elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, President and Vice President of the United States."

Biden repeatedly took aim at former President Trump and the threats he said the Republican presidential nominee posed to America's democracy and international alliances. And looking to his vice president and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, he pledged to be "the best volunteer Harris and Walz have ever seen."

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Harris and Walz and their spouses, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz, joined the president, First Lady