5 Key Points From Biden’s Final Interview as President

Biden said he had altered the ‘basic formula’ of the US economy. He also discussed NATO, Putin, the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, and his approach to inflation.

President Joe Biden delivers a farewell Address to the Nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Jan. 15, 2025. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

One day after delivering his farewell address, President Joe Biden sat down for the last interview of his term.

The Oval Office interview, which was recorded earlier in the evening on Jan. 16, saw the outgoing president in a friendly exchange with MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell. Biden is famously attuned to one of MSNBC’s morning hosts, ex-Republican Joe Scarborough.