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Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris are inaugurated today as the 46th president, and the 49th vice president, of the United States. “Today” being January 20, 2021.
They replace Donald Trump and Mike Pence, who depart after a single term that began in 2017.
For Biden, the presidency is the capper of nearly five decades of public service that began with his election to the U.S. Senate in 1972. For more details on the new president, see our Joe Biden biography »