Pakistani-origin President Joe Biden will present Khizr Khan with the highest US civic honor. Khan gained notoriety after posing a constitutional knowledge test for former US President Donald Trump.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is awarded to people who have made distinguished contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, to international peace, or to other significant societal, public, or private endeavours. The US president announced the names of 17 honorees.
Khizr is a Gold Star father and the creator of the Constitution Literacy and National Unity Center. He is the father of US Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was murdered in Iraq in 2004.