WASHINGTON -- Joe Biden, a son of an auto dealership manager, a longtime senator and a former vice president, was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States shortly before noon Eastern time on Wednesday.
To open the inauguration ceremony, Kamala Harris, the first woman and the first South Asian American to become vice president, was sworn in by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, herself the first Hispanic member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
