Joe Biden Swore On A Bible That Has Been In His Family For 130 Years | The State
Biden when he was sworn in as president.
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A family story.
Democrat Joe Biden took his oath as the 46th president of the United States on a bible that has belonged to his family for 130 years.
The bible, which has been with the Bidens since 1893, drew attention during the investiture ceremony for its large size.
“The bible has been a relic of the biden family and all the important dates are there, “Biden told comedian Stephen Colbert a few weeks ago. “It has every date of when I was sworn in.”
The president said that he has used the bible in all the ceremonies in which he took the oath during his close to 50 years of political career.
The first time he used it was in 1973, when he swore as United States Senators. On that occasion, he took the oath at the hospital where his sons Beau and Hunter were recovering from the car accident in which his father died. first wife Neilia and daughter Naomi, which was a baby.
Beau Biden, who died in 2015, also used the bible when he was sworn in as a Delaware prosecutor in 2007.
The bible of the century XIX was edited by Douay & Rheims.
Kamala Harris Bibles
Vice President Kamala Harris took her oath on two Bibles. One belongs to her friend Regina Shelton and the other was from Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court justice.
“When I raise my right hand and take the oath, I will take with me two heroes who would speak for the voiceless and help those in need,” Harris tweeted a few days ago.
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