Inside the Oval Office, Hunter Biden watches his father's speech
Hunter Biden and his wife, Melissa, watch the president's prime-time address.
Biden concludes 11-minute address
Biden spoke for about 11 minutes, finishing around 8:12 p.m. ET.
His remarks were met with applause by staff and family members for about 60 seconds.
Biden makes clear election appeal
Biden hasn't said the name "Trump" or told anyone to vote, but he was clearly making an appeal to the American public to back Harris.
"Whether we keep our republic is now in your hands," Biden said. "Let's act together to preserve our democracy."
Biden praises Harris as 'experienced,' 'tough' and 'capable'
Biden said that in a few months, Americans will choose the course of the country's future.
He thanked Harris, praising her as "experienced," "tough" and "capable."
"Now the choice is up to you, the American people," he said.
He added that it has been the "privilege of my life" to serve the country for 50 years.
Biden lists priorities for his last six months in office
Biden gave a list of what he wants to do as a lame-duck president.
"Over the next six months, I’ll be focused on doing my job as president," he said, adding he would continue to work to lower prices.
He said he would work toward protecting "the right to vote to the right to choose." He said there "is no place in America for political violence or any violence ever, period," saying he would continue to push for an end to gun violence.
"I’ll keep fighting for my cancer moonshot," he said, referring to efforts to find a cure for cancer, which began while he was vice president.
First lady Jill Biden and family members are in the Oval Office during speech
The first lady and several family members are seated along the wall in the Oval Office as Biden is giving his prime-time speech.
Biden says he'll call for changes to the Supreme Court
Biden said in tonight's Oval Office speech that he's going to seek significant changes to the Supreme Court.
"I’m going to call for Supreme Court reform,” he said, without elaborating.
NBC News previously reported that Biden had signaled a willingness to support major reforms to the high court.
Biden: 'Nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy'
Biden emphasized in his Oval Office address that the country is at an "inflection point," a frequent refrain of his speeches.
He said the decision the country makes now will determine the U.S.' fate for decades.
Biden said it has become clear through the past several weeks that he has to "unite" his party.
“Nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy," he said. "That includes personal ambition.”
Biden begins Oval Office address
Biden has started his Oval Office address to the nation.
He will detail how he came to the decision to end his presidential campaign.
Harris’ criminal justice policies in Calif. angered progressives and police
As the new Democratic standard-bearer, Harris has described her contest with Trump in blunt terms — tough prosecutor versus civil and criminal defendant.
“I took on perpetrators of all kinds, predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own game,” Harris said at a rally in Wisconsin yesterday. “So hear me when I say I know Donald Trump’s type.”
But critics say Harris’ record as a prosecutor, first as the district attorney in San Francisco and later as the California attorney general, reveals a political chameleon rather than a tough-on-crime top cop, according to interviews with current and former law enforcement leaders across the state, civil rights advocates and politicians.