Following the passing of baseball legend and civil rights icon Hank Aaron, those around the sports world offered their outpouring of support and remembrances of the singular Hammerin' Hank.
On Friday evening, President Joe Biden joined in paying tribute to Aaron, releasing a statement in which he called the longtime home run king "an American hero."
“When I watched Henry Aaron play baseball, I knew I was watching someone special," Biden wrote. "It wasn’t just about watching a gifted athlete master his craft on the way to a Hall of Fame career as one of the greatest to ever play the game.