Vice President Joe Biden Joseph (Joe) Robinette BidenWoman to undecided Biden: 'Just say yes' to 2020 bid Poll shows Biden leads Democrats vying for 2020 nomination The Hill's Morning Report - Dems appear to have votes to counter Trump on emergency MORE continued a longstanding tradition Friday when he signed the inside of his desk drawer in his Eisenhower Building ceremonial office.

“This is the proof I was vice president,” Biden quipped, according to pool reports.

He was joined in the ceremony by his wife Jill and dozens of staffers.

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“You know, it’s some fast company here,” Biden said as he looked over signatures of past vice presidents. “From Harry Truman and George Bush Sr. and Dwight D. Eisenhower.”





“This is a great honor to be in this position,” he said. “It has been the great honor of our lives the last eight years to be able to serve in this capacity.”

Biden then signed and dated the desk alongside former vice president Al Gore Albert (Al) Arnold GoreOvernight Energy: Trump ends talks with California on car emissions | Dems face tough vote on Green New Deal | Climate PAC backing Inslee in possible 2020 run New climate PAC will back Inslee for president Howard Schultz must run as a Democrat for chance in 2020 MORE’s signature.

The desk is one of only four to have been used in the Oval Office, Biden’s office said.

According to Biden's office, the desk dates back to Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency and has been used by several other presidents and vice presidents.

Its drawer was signed by President Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower, then-Vice President George H.W. Bush, and Vice Presidents Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Dan Quayle, Walter Mondale and Nelson Rockefeller.