Outgoing Vice President Biden and his wife, Jill, are set to receive a warm welcome they return to Wilmington, Del., on Friday.

Hundreds of Delawareans are expected to greet the Bidens when they arrive in their home state as part of a “welcome home” rally, the News Journal reports.

Biden will attend President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE inauguration Friday morning before leaving Washington via Amtrak.

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Biden’s planned return to Wilmington on Friday will mark the closing of an eight-year stint as vice president and a 36-year career as a U.S. senator.

Outgoing President Obama awarded a tearful Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom last week.

After leaving office on Friday, Biden will work on foreign policy issues at the University of Pennsylvania, and is expected to continue his cancer “moonshot” through an organization called the Biden Trust.