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President Biden signs his first executive action in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon. Evan Vucci/AP
The famous Jan. 20 five-hour (more or less) White House move-out/move-in, as one presidential family leaves and another arrives, is not limited to the residence. The Oval Office also gets a redo, reflecting the new president s taste and, often, politics.
On Wednesday, photographers got a look at President Biden s Oval Office shortly before he arrived at the White House to begin work. Right away they noticed that the portrait of populist President Andrew Jackson, which former President Donald Trump had hanging near the Resolute desk, was gone, replaced by a portrait of Benjamin Franklin.