At the event on Tuesday, Biden said the country has benefited from the hard work of the honorees. “We’re a nation, a great nation in large part because of the power of the arts and humanities that’s stamped into the DNA of America,

Dreyfus, Vera Wang, Chicago megadonor Fred Eychaner and — most crucially for the purposes of this anecdote — Bruce Springsteen in attendance, the president dropped a major hint.