Joe Biden's presidency and half a century of public service come to an end as Donald Trump begins second term.

In his head-snapping final hours, Biden hewed to tradition and ceremony while issuing dire warnings about his successor’s tactics

According to polling data from Gallup, Biden's average approval rating across his four years of power was 42.2 percent, a historically low figure. The only recent president to score lower was Biden's predecessor and now successor Donald Trump, who had an average approval rating of 41.1 percent over the course of his first term.

Biden and Trump have the lowest average approval ratings out of any post-World War II presidents, according to Gallup.

Even more than in his first term, President Trump has mounted a fundamental challenge to the norms and expectations of what a president can and should do.

The low approval ratings of Joe Biden and Donald Trump at the end of their terms may not matter as recent history suggests the legacies of U.S. presidents improve as years go by. Newsweek has contacted the White House and the Trump transition team for comment via email.

As President Joe Biden gets ready to leave office, we consider his accomplishments, failures, and what his legacy will be.

With just hours left of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons ... as he prepares to cede power to President-elect Donald Trump. With five days left in his term, the president ...

Minutes before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden pardoned his brother, James Biden and other relatives for unspecified crimes.

Former US President Joe Biden’s presidency was briefly omitted from Google’s list of US presidents. The issue, attributed to a ‘data error’, raised questions about tech giants’ reliability and neutrality in handling politically sensitive content.

After an election campaign that had absolutely everything in the United States, including an assassination attempt, Donald Trump managed to win a comfortable victory in the electio

Donald Trump shared his fears for Joe Biden's health in a private comment to the former president, a lip reader has claimed