Biden to award Medal of Freedom to 19, including Hillary Clinton, Bono and Jose Andres

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden is awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — to 19 people, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. open image in gallery Longtime Vogue editor Anna Wintour is among those honored Other arts and cultural luminaries set to be honored include actor Denzel Washington, longtime Vogue editor Anna Wintour, American Film Institute founder George Stevens Jr, and former Kennedy Center chair David Rubinstein. Biden will also posthumously honor voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, the late Michigan governor George Romney and the late New York senator and U.S. attorney general Robert F Kennedy Sr., whose son, lawyer and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is set to be nominated as Donald Trump’s next Secretary of Health and Human Services. open image in gallery Two-time Oscar-winner Denzel Washington is among the 19 people named Established under the late president John F Kennedy, the medal is “presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors.” “President Biden believes great leaders keep the faith, give everyone a fair shot, and put decency above all else.