News ‘Independence from this virus’: President Biden shifts from ‘darkest days’ to hope on the horizon March 12, 2021 Joey Garrison and Courtney Subramanian, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘Independence from this virus’: President Biden shifts from ‘darkest days’ to hope on the horizon Making his first primetime address as president, President Joe Biden mourned a "collective suffering" over the last year but pivoted to a more hopeful future