Although presidents and other government officials have historically sworn the oath on a Bible, the Constitution doesn’t require it.

Vance was sworn in as the 50th vice president of the United States alongside President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in ...

According to the U.S. Department of State, in 1789 George Washington began the tradition of taking the oath with a hand on ...

The Bible is deeply rooted in Vance’s family. His grandmother gave it to him when he left home in 2003 for the Marines.

The president-elect eschewed the star-spangled “Trump Bible” in favor of volumes with personal and national history.

The announcement came on Friday from the inaugural committee, just as plans for the ceremony were adjusted due to dangerously ...