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.

Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when he was sworn into office in 1901, and John Quincy Adams, who chose a legal ...

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 ...

The president raised his right hand and began the swearing-in ... on why Trump might be off the hook for this Inauguration Day faux pas. Is a Bible required to take office in the U.S.?

During his inauguration on Monday, President Donald Trump appeared to forget to put his hand on the Bibles he brought for the ...

Some onlookers observed that President Donald Trump didn't place his hand on the Bible when sworn in at his inauguration, prompting questions about how the Bible traditionally factors into the ...

President Donald Trump did not place his hand on a Bible when taking the oath of office in January. Is that a requirement?

The president raised his right hand and began the swearing ... The Lincoln Bible was provided during Lincoln’s 1861 inauguration by William Thomas Carroll, clerk of the Supreme Court.