--- ---  # The Internet Is Turning Joe Biden's Medal of Freedom Into a 'Best Friends Forever' Necklace  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 13, 2017 5:09 PM UTC  President Barack Obama (R) presents the Medal of Freedom to Vice-President Joe Biden during an event in the State Dining room of the White House, January 12, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama (R) presents the Medal of Freedom to Vice-President Joe Biden during an event in the State Dining room of the White House, January 12, 2017 in Washington, DC.Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 13, 2017 5:09 PM UTC Just before [President Barack Obama](http://time.com/4631086/president-obama-farewell-speech-joe-biden/?iid=sr-link2) awarded [Vice President Joe Biden](http://time.com/4591253/joe-biden-national-treasure/?iid=sr-link5) with the [Presidential Medal of Freedom](http://time.com/4633604/joe-biden-obama-cries-medal/) during a surprise ceremony Thursday, the President joked that he was giving the Internet “one last chance” to talk about the pair’s [bromance](http://time.com/barack-obama-joe-biden-friendship-photos/?iid=sr-link1). Predictably, the Internet ran with it, turning the emotional moment into a meme of Obama presenting a tearful Biden with a “Best Friends Forever” necklace. “Today Joe received the highest civilian honor,” one Twitter user captioned the edited photo, while others have shared it with hashtags such as #friendshipgoals and the crying emoji. > [](https://twitter.com/whataboutitthoo/status/819743542675460096) > [](https://twitter.com/elenisaltas/status/819738477470175232) > [](https://twitter.com/bozooka/status/819919530218688514) > [](https://twitter.com/cchpe/status/819751100010139648) > [](https://twitter.com/MissyEmpireUK/status/819837523979603968) > [](https://twitter.com/tasteMIMAC/status/819829210135011329) Joe Biden Medal of Freedom Turned Into Best Friend Necklace ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4634470/joe-biden-barack-obama-best-friends-forever-necklace/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4634470/joe-biden-barack-obama-best-friends-forever-necklace/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Turning Joe Biden's Medal of Freedom Into a 'Best Friends Forever' Necklace","datePublished":"2017-01-13T17:09:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:10.119Z","description":"\"Today Joe received the highest civilian honor\"","url":"https://time.com/4634470/joe-biden-barack-obama-best-friends-forever-necklace/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Barack Obama","Joe Biden","politics","Internet","viral","President Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc70c629ffe768751/6988b5800a4a228c8b9cc8e2/joe-biden-barack-obama-medal-of-freedom.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc70c629ffe768751/6988b5800a4a228c8b9cc8e2/joe-biden-barack-obama-medal-of-freedom.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"joe-biden-barack-obama-medal-of-freedom","caption":"President Barack Obama (R) presents the Medal of Freedom to Vice-President Joe Biden during an event in the State Dining room of the White House, January 12, 2017 in Washington, DC.","creditText":"Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4634470/joe-biden-barack-obama-best-friends-forever-necklace/","name":"The Internet Is Turning Joe Biden's Medal of Freedom Into a 'Best Friends Forever' Necklace"}}]}] ```