In any case, most modern presidents — Biden, Obama, and even Trump during his first oath — have indeed placed their hand upon the Bible, despite there being no requirement to do so.

A select number of presidents have not sworn on the Bible, which was more common in earlier chapters of American history when specific rules and traditions weren’t as entrenched as they are today.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would create a White House faith office and direct Attorney General Pam Bondi ...

Biden "acknowledged the concerns," but the "warnings ... "He did not want to be seen as weak — a 78-year-old president with his hand on the Bible and a large, telltale contraption on his foot.

The incumbent, President Biden, was sworn in with a Bible that has been in his family since the 19th century. At Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, he used two Bibles—one his mother gave him ...

Yet at the same presser, the speaker vowed to investigate pardons that former President Joe Biden gave to members of his family. “It was shocking,” he stated. “What President Biden did on ...

Biden's mistaken conviction that he, and he alone, could defeat the man he considered a threat to the democratic order is the very reason that man will place his hand on the Bible tomorrow.

Mr. Biden refused to wear an orthopedic boot. He did not want to be seen as weak — a 78-year-old president with his hand on the Bible and a large, telltale contraption on his foot. He wore his ...

Biden is expected to speak to worshippers at ... site of the racist killing of nine worshippers in 2015 during a Bible study meeting. “The word of God was pierced by bullets and hate and rage ...