article_snippet.sent: Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by Lynch father Lorenzo Lynch, second from left, and her husband Stephen Hargrove, second from right, administered the oath of office on Monday . '
article_snippet.sent: Vice President Joe Biden administered the oath of office to Lynch at a Justice Department ceremony.
article_snippet.sent: Ladies and gentlemen, it's about time,' Vice President Joe Biden said to applause. '
article_snippet.sent: It's about time Lynch is being sworn in,' Vice President Joe Biden declared. '
article_snippet.sent: Biden slapped Biden former US Senate colleagues, saying it was 'about time' his former US Senate colleagues confirmed Lynch .
highlights_snippet.sent: Vice President Joe Biden swore in Lynch on Monday .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Vice President Joe Biden was a New York City federal prosecutor with a reputation for being hard-nosed and tough .
  