After four years in the White House – and a half-century in Washington – President Joe Biden has said farewell.

The 46th president will likely talk up his achievements on infrastructure, student loan forgiveness, and steering the nation through COVID. The hit musical Hamilton immortalized the first presidential farewell address in the song “One Last Time,

How did he get those photos? Doug Mills, senior photographer in Washington for The New York Times, tells the stories behind six of his most memorable pictures from the presidency of Joe Biden.