Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when ...

The U.S. Constitution does not stipulate that a president-to-be place his or her hand on a Bible when taking the Oath, because each president who recites this oath or affirmation is “bound” by the ...

VERIFY reader Ruth emailed us to ask about Trump’s oath. Does the president have to swear the oath of office on a Bible? No, the president does not have to swear the oath of office on a Bible.

Trump took the oath of office on Monday immediately after Vice President JD Vance was sworn in by Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. As Vance took the oath of office, he placed his right ...

Images from the inauguration show President Trump did not put his hand on a Bible as he was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. It is not required in the Constitution.

When Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president on Monday, January 20, 2025, he will take an oath and raise his right hand while placing his left on a Bible. At his first inauguration in 2017 ...

There are at least two recorded inaugurations in which the president did not swear their oath on a Bible. The first was in 1825, when John Quincy Adams took his oath “while reading a volume of ...