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The former first lady, secretary of state and New York senator “made history many times over decades in public service,” the White House said.

In 2016, Clinton made history when she became the first woman nominated for president by a major United States political party.

Her bid to become the nation’s first female president came up short when President-elect Donald Trump defeated her in the 2016 race.

Clinton was the subject of an FBI probe over her use of a private email server during her time in the Obama administration but was never charged with a crime.

At the conclusion of the bureau’s investigation, former FBI Director James Comey said that Clinton and her colleagues were “extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information” but that the FBI “did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information.”

Biden, 82, will also award medals to several Hollywood A-listers, superstar athletes and American cultural icons at Saturday’s ceremony, including:

Bono, the frontman of rock band U2