Biden White House Elton John

President Joe Biden kisses first lady Jill Biden after she introduced him to speak on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, before a performance by Elton John. John is calling the show “A Night When Hope and History Rhyme,” a reference to a poem by Irishman Seamus Heaney that President Joe Biden often quotes.

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)