Biden-Obama bromance memes reach peak after surprise Medal of Freedom honour

The viral trend of bromance memes between outgoing US President Barack Obama and his second-in-command Joe Biden got a new push after Obama surprised 'brother' Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction on Thursday night.

After SNL crowned Tom Hanks 'Dad of America', CNN bestowed Biden with the title 'Uncle-in-Chief.'

Biden is the uncle social media always wanted. He provides fodder for memes, has cool aviators, and quotes Irish poets — especially Seamus Heaney as pointed out by Obama in his beautiful speech — whenever you need picking up after a Twitter troll hurts you.

At a tearful farewell at the White House, Obama described Biden as "an extraordinary man with an extraordinary career" before taking a dig at Internet over getting one last chance to joke about the "bromance" the two share. 

Obama called the 74-year-old former Delaware senator "the best vice president America's ever had" and a "lion of American history" during an emotional ceremony to honour Biden at the East Room of the White House.

A visibly overwhelmed Biden said the award was more than he deserved. "President, I'm indebted to you. I'm indebted to your friendship. I'm indebted to your family," he said.

That was the cue for 'Internet' to get to business. Here's the harvest of meme fodder well spent—

Biden:<whispers> not Slytherin ... not Slytherin

Obama: Joe, this isn't--

Biden: ... not Slytherin ...

Obama: you know what, Gryffindor pic.twitter.com/Dfeqvlkohe

— Caleb Gardner (@calebgardner) January 13, 2017

BIDEN: I was so sad when I didn’t get a medal in the original trilogy

OBAMA: That was Chewbacca, Joe pic.twitter.com/3RHWNE5SlJ

— REW (@therealeatwood) January 13, 2017

Biden: am i an avenger now?

Obama: sure Joe

Biden: pic.twitter.com/FZkiWPFZi3

— Joe Biden (@SavageJoeBiden) January 13, 2017

pic.twitter.com/XdpGQTlgO3

— Deebs (@shumad1) January 14, 2017

BIDEN: HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR CAR IS TOO SLOW ON MARIO KART?

OBAMA: I don't know, Joe.

BIDEN: YOU GET TOAD

OBAMA: ...

BIDEN: pic.twitter.com/xlRDhwyvwc

— Reverend Scott (@Reverend_Scott) January 13, 2017

Joe Biden is my spirit animal.

#JOEBIDEN #Biden #obama #Joebama #meme #memes #JoeBidenmemes #BidenMemes pic.twitter.com/I6GDlXWwvy

— Amber J. Younger (@AJ_Ski_Bum) January 14, 2017

The Joe Biden memes will never get old. pic.twitter.com/nnSm4dfaX4

— Anthony J Machcinski (@ChinskiTweets) January 14, 2017

Joe Biden memes are the best memes out there right now #memeology pic.twitter.com/UmP3w9x9Iy

— Adam Morris (@AdamCMorris) January 13, 2017

 

A photo posted by Robert Barker (@bobbarker31) on Jan 13, 2017 at 7:29pm PST

#JOEBIDEN memes are the best pic.twitter.com/c7iFwSgjGs

— Ashley (@theAsh_Nicole) January 13, 2017

Joe Biden fights back tears as President Obama surprises him with the Medal of Freedom pic.twitter.com/qDAoZNxtoa

— memes (@HilariousEdited) January 13, 2017

Of course, people also imagined the following—

 

A photo posted by Eddie Johns (@cooleddie_74) on Jan 13, 2017 at 4:52pm PST