Joe Biden, the outgoing President of the United States, will deliver a farewell address to the nation on January 15. His speech, scheduled to be broadcast from the Oval Office at 8:00 PM local time, was announced on the official White House website.

Details are not provided in the press release, but farewell speeches are a tradition for U.S. presidents leaving office. On January 10, Joe Biden held one of his final discussions as president with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to Zelensky, Biden reiterated that "preserving and defending Ukraine's independence is critically important for all of Europe and the democratic world." This topic is expected to feature in his farewell address to the nation.

Earlier, Joe Biden canceled his final trip to the EU as U.S. President – his visit to Italy, originally scheduled for January 9–12, was called off. The reason was the ongoing massive wildfires in California, which Biden, after meeting with local first responders, described as the worst in the region's history.