Former President Joe Biden attends the Edward M. Kennedy Institute's 10th anniversary celebration in Boston on October 26, 2025. Scott Eisen/Getty Images AP —

Former President Joe Biden called these “dark days” as he urged Americans to stay optimistic and not to check out in response to what he says are attacks on free speech and tests on the limits of executive power by President Donald Trump.

“Since its founding, America served as a beacon for the most powerful idea ever in government in the history of the world,” Biden said Sunday. “The idea is stronger than any army. We’re more powerful than any dictator.”

Biden, 82, was speaking publicly for the first time since completing a round of radiation therapy for an aggressive form of prostate cancer. He addressed an audience in

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