Former President Joe Biden is set to be honored in Boston next weekend at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute.

Biden will receive a lifetime achievement award at the ceremony on Sunday, Oct. 26. The night will also serve as the institute's 10th anniversary celebration, and former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and retired Navy Admiral Lisa Franchetti are set to receive leadership awards.

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The former president, expected to be joined by his wife Jill, will speak at the celebration.

Biden and Kennedy were mainstays of the Senate and the Democratic party for decades.

Fred Comegys/ The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK, File Fred Comegys/ The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK, File This Sept. 30, 1972, file photo shows Sen. Edwa

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