President Biden's speech was a call for unity after four years of Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric and the last two weeks of healing after the Capitol riots, and he vowed to get to work immediately to address important issues, including climate change, immigration, COVID-19, and the Census.
WASHINGTON: Joe Biden on Wednesday became the 46th president of the United States with a call to unity, vowing to bridge deep divides and defeat domestic extremism two weeks after a mob attack tried.
Joe Biden Sworn in as 46th President of the United States, Kamala Harris Took Oath as New VP - The world witnessed a real chaos few days back and the transfer of power was not very peaceful in the.
Photo essay: Joe Biden s long road to the presidency
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By: Tanner Curtis, Antonio de Luca, Thomas Kaplan and Umi Syam When Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, it was a moment of political triumph that had been decades in the making. His long career in public office spanned eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama, but the nation s highest office always eluded him. Now, Biden, 78, finally joins their ranks.
The story begins with an Irish Catholic family in northeastern Pennsylvania. Biden was born in 1942, the eldest son of Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. and Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden. He was also a son of Scranton, Pennsylvania, which would become central to his political identity. The Biden family moved to Delaware when he was 10 years old.
US inauguration: Joe Biden sworn in as 46th president of the United States
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Joe Biden being sworn in as the 46th President of the USA. Video / PBS
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Key points:
• Joe Biden has been sworn in as the new US president.
• Donald Trump avoided his successor s inauguration, the first US president to do so in more than a century.
• In his final speech as president, Trump declared we will be back in some form .
• Before leaving office, President Trump released a list of final pardons but did not pardon himself.
• People around the world have been counting days and hours until this moment when voices of integrity and reason return to the White House, writes Dawn Picken here.