What is clear is that after four contentious years, Biden leaves Washington as a remarkably consequential one-term president.

Ronald Reagan scribbled a note in 1989 to his successor above an elephant cartoon. The tradition, started perhaps inadvertently, was continued by Joe Biden.

Ronald Reagan started a tradition as he prepared to leave office after two terms as president: Write a note congratulating your successor and leave it in the Oval Office desk drawer.

US President Donald Trump has revealed what his predecessor Joe Biden said to him in a letter left in the Oval Office.

Donald Trump has revealed what Joe Biden wrote to him in his "inspirational" farewell letter. Trump found the letter in his desk on Monday, as he signed executive orders in the Oval Office. It is part of a tradition, started by President Ronald Reagan, which sees one president leave a welcome note to his successor.

Donald Trump shared details about a 'nice' and inspirational letter former President Joe Biden left for him at the White House Resolute Desk. The letter continues an inauguration tradition initiated by Ronald Reagan.

Ronald Reagan became the oldest President to take office at the age of 73. In 2021, outgoing President Joe Biden broke the record at the age of 78 years, And now Trump, who turned 78 in June 2024, will become the oldest person to start a presidential term.

A look at the history of presidential letters and whether President Biden will continue the tradition by writing a note for his predecessor-turned-successor, Donald Trump.

"Maybe we should all read it together," Trump told reporters upon finding Biden's letter. "Maybe I'll read it first and then make that determination."

Read Biden’s farewell letter to Trump in full - Presidential tradition to leave letters for successors began with Ronald Reagan in 1989