Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was sworn in Wednesday as the 46th president of the United States, moments after Kamala Harris took her oath of office, making her the country’s first female vice president, and also the first Black American and first with Indian heritage to hold the second-highest office in the land.
Joe Biden is sworn in as U.S. President during his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today’s inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Kamala Harris is sworn is as U.S. Vice President at the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021, in Washington, DC. During today’s inauguration ceremony. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Joe Biden’s cousins Brendan Blewitt with his grandchildren Emily, Lauren, and Darragh wave their U.S. flags to the media from their home in Knockmore, near the town of Ballina in Ireland, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Biden has officially become the 46th president of the United States. His great-great-grandfather Patrick Blewitt was born in, County Mayo, in 1832. He left for the US in 1850, aged 18. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
President Joe Biden looks back towards Vice President Kamala Harris as he delivers his inaugural address after he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, kiss as his son Hunter Biden and daughter Ashley Biden look on after being sworn-in during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Newly sworn in Vice President Kamala Harris hugs her husband Doug Emhoff during the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
U.S. President Joe Biden hugs his wife Dr. Jill Biden after being sworn in during his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021, in Washington, DC. During today’s inauguration ceremony. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his inauguration address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
President Joe Biden waves after taking the oath of office from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
President-elect Joe Biden congratulates Vice President Kamala Harris after she was sworn in during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021, in Washington, DC. During today’s inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021, in Washington, DC. During today’s inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)