[312][313] After the Capitol was cleared, Congress resumed its joint session and officially certified the election results with Vice President Mike Pence, in his capacity as President of the Senate, declaring Biden and Harris the winners.[314]

Presidency (2021–present)
Main article: Presidency of Joe Biden
For a chronological guide, see Timeline of the Joe Biden presidency.
Biden takes the oath of office administered by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. at the Capitol, January 20, 2021.
Inauguration
Main article: Inauguration of Joe Biden
Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States on January 20, 2021.[315] At 78, he is the oldest person to have assumed the office.[315] He is the second Catholic president (after John F. Kennedy)[316] and the first president whose home state is Delaware.[317] He is also the first man since George H. W. Bush to have been both vice president and president, and the second non-incumbent vice president (after Richard Nixon in 1968) to be elected president.[318] He is also the first president from the Silent Generation.