Mike Pence watched his replacement, J.D. Vance, take the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Jan. 20, eight years after standing in the same position. Karen Pence skipped the service

J.D. Vance will be sworn in as the vice president on Monday as the second Trump administration officially begins. Vance was picked by Trump to be his 2024 running mate last summer. The 40-year-old venture capitalist and “Hillbilly Elegy” author turned politician quickly rose in the ranks in the year leading to the shortlist of picks to be Trump's running mate.

Vice President J.D. Vance took the oath of office at the Capitol Rotunda, putting him in line to carry the torch of the MAGA movement.

At age 40, a relative newcomer who made his name on the campaign trail for his fierce attacks on Democrats is first in the line of succession for president.

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, was sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S. president, taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.

Before Joseph R. Biden Jr. was sworn in 2021, Donald J. Trump held the record for the country’s oldest commander in chief. He reclaimed the record on Monday.

JD Vance was sworn in as the 50th vice president, the culmination of a rapid political rise that propelled him to a heartbeat away from the presidency

Every vice president since Mondale has resided in the home, located nearly three miles from the White House, and Vance is set to do the same. He will also have a set of offices in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building which is next to the West Wing on the White House premises.

Speaker Mike Johnson ordered flags to be raised temporarily, despite tradition dictating that flags should be at half-staff to mourn a former president.

As he prepares to become the nation’s first millennial vice president, JD Vance is already a budding kingmaker in Republican politics and the presumptive heir to the “Make America Great Again” movement.

Less than 12 hours after Vance, 40, was sworn in as the 50th vice president, his alma mater captured its ninth national championship. “This was JD’s day,” Nix said. “You can’t make that stuff up.”

An Episcopal bishop urged him to show compassion toward immigrants. Trump called her “not compelling or smart.”