What is Inauguration of Joe Biden?
[[File:Biden oath of office.jpg|thumb|Joe Biden taking the presidential oath office as 46th president of the United States]] The '''inauguration of Joe Biden''' as the [[Presidency of Joe Biden|46th president of the United States]] took place on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. The inauguration marked [[Joe Biden]]'s only term as [[President of the United States|president]] and [[Kamala Harris]]' only term as [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]]. [[File:Harris oath of office.jpg|thumb|Kamala Harris taking the vice presidential oath of office as 49th vice president of the United States]] A public ceremony happened on the West Front of the [[United States Capitol Building]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] The event was the 59th [[United States presidential inauguration|presidential inauguration]]. Biden took the [[Oath of office of the President of the United States|oath of office]] as [[President of the United States|president]] on that day and Harris took the [[Oath of office of the Vice President of the United States|oath of office]] as [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]]. [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] [[John Roberts]] gave Biden's oath of office and [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice]] [[Sonia Sotomayor]] gave Harris' oath of office. All events did not have a lot of people because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/513563-inaugural-ceremonies-chairman-predicts-socially-distanced-inauguration-in|title=Inaugural Ceremonies chairman predicts 'socially distanced' inauguration in January|first=Ian|last=Swanson|date=August 25, 2020|work=The Hill}}</ref> People had to wear masks and temperature checks along with social distancing during the ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-virus-outbreak-ronald-reagan-inaugurations-elections-83129fc859978927400acdce472f12b2|title=Work already underway for presidential inauguration|dat