Mike Pence watched his replacement, J.D. Vance, take the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Jan. 20, eight years after standing in the same position. Karen Pence skipped the service

Family was a big part of Vance’s inauguration ceremony, with his mother Beverly Aikins, wife, Usha Vance and his three children, Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel.

Update 9:27 a.m. ET, Jan. 20: Today is not only Inauguration Day but it is also a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But the work of Washington will continue. Several confirmation votes and meetings are scheduled to be held today.

At age 40, a relative newcomer who made his name on the campaign trail for his fierce attacks on Democrats is first in the line of succession for president.

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, was sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S. president, taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.

President Donald Trump pumps his fist and is surrounded by his family after he was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during his inauguration ceremony as the 47th president in the Rotunda at the Capitol in Washington on Monday morning, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

President Trump took the oath of office for the second time and was sworn in as the 47th president. He laid out a sweeping agenda and declared that the country’s golden age “begins now.”

Get the latest updates on the weekend inaugural events for President-elect Donald Trump. Events include a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington, a Make America Great Again Victory Rally, and more.

Get the latest updates on the weekend inaugural events for President-elect Donald Trump. Events include a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington, a Make America Great Again Victory Rally, and more.

Before J.D. Vance was elected Vice President, he authored a memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, that offered insight into his family and upbringing. "Violence and chaos were an ever present part of the world that I grew up in,

You may have recognized Trump’s family and Vance’s wife, but who was sitting with them? Vance’s mother, who underwent a major surgery earlier this month.