Joe Biden awarded his final Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to a group of 18 recipients including Denzel Washington, Hillary Clinton, Bono, Jane Goodall and Michael J.

President Biden on Saturday awarded 19 individuals with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, honoring a slew of prominent figures in politics, fashion, entertainment and activism. Among those being honored are chef and philanthropist José Andrés,

President Joe Biden will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy and science.

With just a couple of weeks remaining in his presidency, Joe Biden will honor a new group of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients today. Bono, Michael J. Fox, George Stevens Jr. and Denzel Washington are among the 19 honorees recognized as “great leaders who have made America and the world a better place,

Denzel Washington is one of nineteen celebrities that has been honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden. In a video of Washington receiving the highest civilian honor, he holds the medal to his neck, nearly emotional, as Biden fastens it. Afterward, Washington turns around and embraces the president.

Bono, Denzel Washington, and Michael J ... Biden will also posthumously give the medal to former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy — the father of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — as well as former Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and George W.

Hillary Clinton, Ralph Lauren, Magic Johnson, Bill Nye and José Andrés will also be awarded the nation's highest civilian honor Saturday.

For the last time as president, Joe Biden doled out the nation’s highest civilian honor on Saturday to a batch of recipients that included former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and 18 other individuals known for their impact on policy, philanthropy and culture in the U.S. and around the world.