After two presidential campaigns together, countless one-on-one meetings and the forging of a bromance that inspired countless Internet memes, President Obama had an honor in store Thursday for Vice President Joe Biden: the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Obama also added a more personal — and to Biden, probably more meaningful — honorific, referring to Biden as his “brother.”“It was 8½ years ago that I chose Joe to be my vice president. There has not been a single moment since that time that I have doubted the wisdom of that decision,” Obama said. “Joe’s candid, honest counsel has made me a better president and a better commander in chief,” Obama said Thursday. And all of this makes him, I believe, the finest vice president we have ever seen.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 13, 2017 01:58 UTC