11 Historians Predict How Joe Biden Will Be Remembered

After decades of dreaming of the White House, for Joe Biden, the reality of his term in office must feel extremely bittersweet.

First, despite all the naysayers over the years, he finally won the presidency in 2020. Then, he secured major legislative victories like the Inflation Reduction Act and made history by appointing the first Black women to be vice president and to serve on the Supreme Court. But he also presided over a bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan, rising concern over border security and stubbornly high inflation.

Overshadowing it all, at least for now, is his ejection from the 2024 campaign amid concerns of declining mental acuity — and then the election of Donald Trump, whom Biden had once defeated and dubbed a threat to American democracy.