# Timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2023 Q4)

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The following is a timeline of the presidency of Joe Biden during the fourth quarter of 2023, from October 1 to December 31, 2023. For a complete itinerary of his travels, see List of presidential trips made by Joe Biden (2022). To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Joe Biden presidency.

## Timeline
### October 2023

Week 141 :
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Sunday, October 1 | | |
| Week 142 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, October 2 | | |
| Tuesday, October 3 | Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is removed through a motion to vacate. Vice President Harris swears in Laphonza Butler to the United States Senate, succeeding the late Dianne Feinstein. | Senator Butler is sworn in by Vice President Harris |
| Wednesday, October 4 | | |
| Thursday, October 5 | | |
| Friday, October 6 | President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the White House on German-American Day. | President Biden and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| Saturday, October 7 | President Biden condemns the Hamas attacks in Israel, saying that he is ready to offer "all appropriate means of support to the Government and people of Israel". | President Biden delivers remarks on the Hamas attacks in Israel |
| Sunday, October 8 | | |
| Week 143 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, October 9 | | |
| Tuesday, October 10 | At the White House, President Biden delivers remarks on the terrorist attacks in Israel. In a speech, the Democrat says that his dministration will provide additional military assistance to Israel, which has since declared war on Hamas. President Biden solidifies United States support for Israel and its right to defend itself. | President Biden delivers remarks on the Hamas attacks in Israel |
| Wednesday, October 11 | President Biden meets with Jewish community leaders in the White House in the aftermath of Hamas' attack on Israel. | President Biden meets with Jewish Community leaders |
| Thursday, October 12 | Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Israel to express strong solidarity, but he also urges protection of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. | |
| Friday, October 13 | President Biden meets virtually with relatives of American citizens held hostage in Gaza. Following his brief visit to Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, in Amman, Jordania. This is reportedly the first face-to-face meeting between a US official and the Palestinian Authority's leader since the Hamas' attack on Israel started on 7 October 2023. | President Biden meets virtually with relatives of Americans held hostage |
| Saturday, October 14 | President Biden delivers remarks at the Human Rights Campaign national dinner. | President Biden at the Human Rights Campaign national dinner |
| Sunday, October 15 | | |
| Week 144 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, October 16 | | |
| Tuesday, October 17 | No candidates in the October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election reach the threshold of 217 needed to be elected speaker after first round of voting. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries leads the ballot with 212 votes. At morning, Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv. | |
| Wednesday, October 18 | No candidates in the October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election reach the threshold of 217 needed to be elected speaker after second round of voting. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries leads the ballot with 212 votes. President Biden travels to Tel Aviv to express support for Israel in the Gaza war, meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and first responders and victims impacted by the Hamas attacks. President Biden announces a deal to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, after a call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for Israel to allow humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip. | President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu |
| Thursday, October 19 | President Biden addresses the nation on prime-time television in the Oval Office for a second time concerning the ongoing Gaza and Ukraine wars. | President Biden addresses the nation on the Gaza and Ukraine wars |
| Friday, October 20 | No candidates in the October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election reach the threshold needed to be elected speaker after third round of voting. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries leads the ballot with 210 votes. | |
| Saturday, October 21 | | |
| Sunday, October 22 | | |
| Week 145 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, October 23 | Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, accompanied by his wife Jodie Haydon, begins a four-day state visit to the US, the fourth during the Biden presidency. | |
| Tuesday, October 24 | President Biden awards the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation to 19 individuals. | President Biden delivers remarks |
| Wednesday, October 25 | President Biden holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House. President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden host their fourth state dinner in honor of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his wife, Jodie Haydon. Republican Mike Johnson is elected as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives after 4 rounds of voting, which previous 3 rounds were all failed to elect Republican Jim Jordan as Speaker. | President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon |
| Thursday, October 26 | Vice President Harris and Secretary Blinken host a state luncheon for Prime Minister Albanese at the Department of State. Incumbent U.S. Representative Dean Phillips filed paperwork to run against President Biden for the Democratic nomination for president. | From left: Evan Ryan, Antony Blinken, Jodie Haydon, Anthony Albanese, Kamala Harris, and Doug Emhoff at the Department of State |
| Friday, October 27 | | |
| Saturday, October 28 | | |
| Sunday, October 29 | In an interview with CBS, Vice President Kamala Harris that US troops will not be sent to Israel or Gaza. | |
| Week 146 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, October 30 | President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden participate in the 2023 White House Halloween event. | President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at a Halloween event |
| Tuesday, October 31 | President Biden issues a sweeping executive order to regulate the development of artificial intelligence (AI) amid growing concern about its potential impact on everything from national security to public health. | |

### November 2023

Week 146 :
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Wednesday, November 1 | Vice President Harris attends the 2023 AI Safety Summit in the United Kingdom. | Vice President Harris delivering remarks at the 2023 AI Safety Summit |
| Thursday, November 2 | President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader at the White House. President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Chilean President Gabriel Boric at the White House. | President Biden and Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader President Biden and Chilean President Gabriel Boric |
| Friday, November 3 | President Biden hosts the inaugural Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity Leaders' Summit at the White House. President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visit Lewiston, Maine to honor the victims of the mass shooting. | President Biden with national leaders of Latin America at the White House President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at a memorial in Lewiston, Maine |
| Saturday, November 4 | | |
| Sunday, November 5 | | |
| Week 147 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, November 6 | President Biden announces $16.4 billion funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for passenger rail improvement projects on the Northeast Corridor in Bear, Delaware. | President Biden delivers remarks |
| Tuesday, November 7 | Vice President Harris holds an early Diwali celebration at Number One Observatory Circle. | |
| Wednesday, November 8 | The United States House of Representatives issues subpoenas to Hunter and James Biden, President Joe Biden's son and brother. | |
| Thursday, November 9 | | |
| Friday, November 10 | | |
| Saturday, November 11 | President Biden performs a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arlington National Cemetery and delivers the Veterans Day address at the Memorial Amphitheater. Vice President Kamala Harris also attends. This is the first appearance together since the election. | President Biden, Vice President Harris and Secretary McDonough at Arlington National Cemetery |
| Sunday, November 12 | | |
| Week 148 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, November 13 | President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the White House. | President Biden and Indonesian President Joko Widodo |
| Tuesday, November 14 | | |
| Wednesday, November 15 | President Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco on the sidelines of APEC United States 2023. | President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping |
| Thursday, November 16 | President Biden hosts leaders for the APEC summit meeting in San Francisco. President Biden and fellow Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) leaders announce that agreement has been reached on three of the four IPEF pillars. President Biden holds a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. | President Biden with APEC leaders President Biden with IPEF leaders |
| Friday, November 17 | President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in San Francisco. | President Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador |
| Saturday, November 18 | President Biden publishes an op-ed with The Washington Post, writing about the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and Gaza war. | |
| Sunday, November 19 | President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden travel to Norfolk to celebrate a "Friendsgiving" with military personnel and families. | President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at Naval Station Norfolk |
| Week 149 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, November 20 | President Biden celebrates his 81st birthday and participates in the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation. First Lady Jill Biden welcomes the arrival of the 2023 White House Christmas Tree at the White House. | President Biden celebrates his 81st birthday President Biden delivers remarks at the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation |
| Tuesday, November 21 | | |
| Wednesday, November 22 | | |
| Thursday, November 23 | President Biden celebrates his third Thanksgiving with his family's traditional trip in Nantucket, Massachusetts. | President Biden in Nantucket, Massachusetts |
| Friday, November 24 | | |
| Saturday, November 25 | | |
| Sunday, November 26 | | |
| Week 150 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, November 27 | First Lady Dr. Jill Biden unveils the White House holiday decor for the third time. In a statement during the first meeting of the new White House Council on Strengthening Production Chains, the White House reports that the government of the United States announces measures to strengthen production chains. | The White House Christmas Tree |
| Tuesday, November 28 | President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attend the memorial service for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. | |
| Wednesday, November 29 | | |
| Thursday, November 30 | President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Angolan President João Lourenço at the White House. President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attend the National Christmas Tree Lighting outside of the White House. | President Biden and Angolan President João Lourenço President Biden at the National Christmas Tree Lighting |

### December 2023

Week 150 :
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Friday, December 1 | | |
| Saturday, December 2 | | |
| Sunday, December 3 | | |
| Week 151 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, December 4 | | |
| Tuesday, December 5 | President Biden delivers the statement at an event to raise money for the 2024 presidential campaign near the city of Boston. | |
| Wednesday, December 6 | President Biden holds a virtual meeting with G7 leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. President Biden attends the White House Tribal Nations Summit and signs an executive order to improve access to federal funding for tribal communities. | President Biden in a virtual meeting President Biden at the White House Tribal Nations Summit |
| Thursday, December 7 | The United States Department of Justice says that Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is charged with involvement in a scheme to avoid paying about $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019. | |
| Friday, December 8 | The United States Department of State bypasses Congress to send thousands of munitions to Israel on an emergency basis. | |
| Saturday, December 9 | | |
| Sunday, December 10 | | |
| Week 152 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, December 11 | President Biden vows to continue arming Israel in its war with Hamas during a Hanukkah reception at the White House. | |
| Tuesday, December 12 | President Biden holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House. This is Zelenskyy's third visit to the capital of the United States since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The United States votes against the a non-binding United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in Gaza. President Biden says to donors during a fundraiser that Israel risks losing international support over its "indiscriminate bombing" of civilians in its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. | President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Wednesday, December 13 | The House of Representatives votes to formally endorse the impeachment inquiry 221–212, mostly along partisan lines. | |
| Thursday, December 14 | | |
| Friday, December 15 | United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemns Hong Kong authorities for announcing bounties against five pro-democracy activists based overseas, including a US citizen, calling on the international community to oppose "transnational repression". | |
| Saturday, December 16 | | |
| Sunday, December 17 | | |
| Week 153 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, December 18 | | |
| Tuesday, December 19 | President Biden attends the funeral of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at the Washington National Cathedral. | President Biden Delivers Remarks at a Memorial Service for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor |
| Wednesday, December 20 | | |
| Thursday, December 21 | | |
| Friday, December 22 | President Biden commutes the sentences of 11 individuals serving time for nonviolent drug offenses and pardons additional marijuana offenses. The United States abstains on a UN Security Council resolution that called on all parties involved "to authorize and facilitate the immediate, safe and unhindered delivery of large-scale humanitarian assistance" to Gaza. President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visit to Children's National Hospital in Washington to meet young patients and their families. | |
| Saturday, December 23 | Democratic Congressman Dean Phillips calls for Biden to "thoughtfully exit" the 2024 race. | |
| Sunday, December 24 | | |
| Week 154 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, December 25 | President Biden celebrates the third Christmas Day of his administration. | President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at Camp David on Christmas Day |
| Tuesday, December 26 | | |
| Wednesday, December 27 | President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden travel to the US Virgin Islands, vacationing there until after the new year. | |
| Thursday, December 28 | Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, agrees to testify before the House Oversight Committee, but only in public. | |
| Friday, December 29 | The Biden administration bypasses Congress to approve an emergency weapons sale to Israel. This is for the second time in a month. | |
| Saturday, December 30 | | |
| Sunday, December 31 | President Biden celebrates the third New Year's Day countdown of his administration in the Virgin Islands. | |