Joe Biden will tell the story of his presidency in a memoir coming later this year.
Little, Brown will publish the 46th president’s Promise Me, America in the fall, the press announced in a news release. It calls the book Biden’s “personal account of his historic presidency—and four of the most consequential years in American history—capping more than half a century of public service to the nation.”
Biden, a native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, began his career in public service in 1971 as a member of the New Castle County council in Delaware, and he was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat the following year. He served as a senator for more than 35 years before Barack Obama selected him as his running mate in the 2008 presidential election; Biden served eight years in the White House as vice president.
He was elected president in 2020, defeating the incumbent, Donald Trump. Four years later, Biden and Trump were set to have a rematch, but after a disastrous debate performance, Biden dropped out of the race and was replaced on the ticket by Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost the election to Trump.
Biden announced news of his memoir in a video, saying, “It’s about the challenges we faced as a nation, about the decisions I made and why I made them. Leading the country through Covid, rebuilding our economy and restoring our democracy after the attack on Jan. 6th. Ending our nation’s longest war in Afghanistan, strengthening NATO, and supporting Ukraine. It’s about why I chose to run for reelection, and why I chose to step aside. Most of all, it’s about my faith in the promise of America.”
Promise Me, America is slated for publication on Nov. 17, two weeks after Election Day.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
