Here’s the full schedule, all times Eastern:
11:30 a.m. – Inaugural Swearing-In Ceremony
4:00 p.m. – Inaugural Parade / Presidential Escort
7:25 p.m. – Commander in Chief’s Ball
President Obama
& Vice President Biden
About Barack Obama
President Barack Obama
Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4th, 1961, to a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas. Growing up, he was also raised by his grandfather, who served in General Patton’s army, and his grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to become vice president at a local bank.
After working his way through school with the help of scholarships and student loans, Barack Obama moved to Chicago, where he worked as an organizer helping to rebuild communities devastated by the closure of local steel plants. He went on to Harvard Law School, where he was elected the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. After graduating, Barack Obama went on to lead one of the most successful voter registration drives in Chicago history, and continued his legal work as a civil rights lawyer and a professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago.
Barack Obama was first elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. During his time in Springfield, he passed the first major ethics reform in 25 years, cut taxes for working families, and expanded health care for children and their parents. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004, he reached across the aisle to pass the farthest-reaching lobbyist reform in a generation, lock up the world’s most dangerous weapons, and bring transparency to government by tracking federal spending online.
Barack Obama was sworn in as president on January 20th, 2009.
During his first term, the President turned around a failing economy, passed the landmark Affordable Care Act, ended the war in Iraq, passed historic Wall Street reform, and cut taxes for every American worker. He’s fought for equal rights and a woman’s right to make her own health decisions, and he’s made a college education more affordable for millions of students and their families.
President Obama believes an economy built to last starts with a strong and growing middle class. He’s driven by the basic values that make our country great: America prospers when we’re all in it together, when hard work pays off and responsibility is rewarded, and when everyone—from Main Street to Wall Street—does their fair share and plays by the same rules.
He and his wife, Michelle, are the proud parents of two daughters: Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11.
President Obama and Vice President Biden were re-elected on November 6th, 2012. This January, the President and Vice President will formally recommit themselves to serving the American people. They will be sworn in at an official event on January 20th, with a ceremonial event to follow on January 21st (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day). Continuing the tradition the Obama family began in 2009, President Obama is asking Americans to reflect on our shared values and honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a national day of service on Saturday, January 19th. Other traditional events that will happen as part of the 57th Inaugural include the parade down Pennsylvania Avenue and the official inaugural balls.
About Joe Biden
Vice President Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., was born November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the first of four siblings. In 1953, the Biden family moved from Pennsylvania to Claymont, Delaware. Joe Biden graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School and served on the New Castle County Council. At age 29, he became one of the youngest people ever elected to the United States Senate.
As a Senator from Delaware for 36 years, Senator Biden established himself as a leader on many of our nation’s most important challenges. As chairman or ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee for 17 years, he championed the landmark 1994 Crime Bill and the Violence Against Women Act. As chairman or ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he played a pivotal role in shaping U.S. foreign policy.
As the 47th Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden has continued his leadership on important issues. He was charged with implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, helping to rebuild our economy and lay the foundation for a sustainable economic future. He has also focused on the issues of college affordability and American manufacturing growth, part of his lifelong commitment to raising living standards for middle class Americans.
Vice President Biden continues to draw on his foreign policy experience, advising President Obama on a multitude of international issues. He helped secure the Senate’s approval of the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia. He played a lead role in ending the war in Iraq responsibly, traveling to the country eight times since being elected in 2008, most recently in December 2011 to mark the formal end of the war. In addition, Vice President Biden has supported the Administration’s effort to reestablish U.S. leadership in the Asia Pacific, including an exchange of visits with China’s new leader Xi Jinping. He has worked with Latin American leaders to combat drug trafficking and international crime, and has represented our country in every region of the world.
In 1977, Vice President Biden married Jill Jacobs. They have three children – Beau, Hunter, and Ashley – and five grandchildren.
