President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden delivered a message about perseverance in reflecting on the past year in the final hours of 2021.

The first couple appeared in a prerecorded video Friday evening during the ABC broadcast of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.


"We've learned again this year what we've always known: There's no quitting in America. No matter how tough the challenge, how high the obstacles, we always overcome," the president said.

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Jill Biden acknowledged the coronavirus pandemic and thanked doctors, nurses, educators, parents, first responders, and essential workers. She also expressed gratitude to the service members and military families "who stand guard over our freedom all over the world and here at home."

President Biden said in the video he is more optimistic about the nation's future now "than he's ever been."


The first couple talked about how the United States has taken every crisis it has faced in the past and used it in a way to make it stronger, which they say the country will do again with COVID-19.

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At the end of the video, the Bidens invite their new puppy, Commander, to sit in front of them. After a bit of encouragement from President Biden, Commander took a seat as the Bidens pet him. The couple then clinked what looked to be champagne-filled glasses and wished the U.S. a happy new year one last time.