Biden Awards Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, Johnson and Others

President Biden named 19 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Saturday, awarding the nation's highest civilian honor to political luminaries such as former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and the late civil rights pioneer Fannie Lou Hamer.

- By GINGER ADAMS OTIS

Also on the list were actors, athletes and fashion leaders such as editor Anna Wintour and designer Ralph Lauren.

Those chosen for the honor are people "who have made extraordinary contributions to their country and the world," the White House said in a statement. The honor is usually an opportunity for the White House to herald people and values that the president sees as particularly significant.