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Vance uses Bible owned by his great-grandmother during inauguration

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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — JD Vance took his oath of office on the Bible that once belonged to his great-grandmother.

Vance was first to take the oath of office, which on Friday was announced the noon inauguration ceremony would move inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda due to freezing temperatures forecast in the D.C. area. It was projected to be 9 degrees as a low.

Trump’s second inaugural may be the coldest since President Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration in 1985 when it was 7 degrees. It was also moved inside.

The Vice President-elect used a family Bible that belonged to his maternal great-grandmother. His “Mamaw” Bonnie presented it to him on Sept. 22, 2003, the day he left home for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, South Carolina. The Bible is a King James Version published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, a New York publisher.

Vance was flanked by his wife Usha, and his daughter Mirabel, as he was sworn-in.

WATCH below: The moment JD Vance was sworn-in as the 50th Vice President of the United States.

Middletown native JD Vance has officially been sworn in as Vice President of the United States

Trump used two Bibles. One was his personal family Bible, given to him by his mother in 1955 after a Sunday school graduation at First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, New York.

He also used the Lincoln Bible, which was first used on March 4, 1861, for President Abraham Lincoln’s swearing-in ceremony. This burgundy velvet-bound Bible has only been used three times since, by President Obama at each of his inaugurations and by President Trump at his first inauguration in 2017.

The Lincoln Bible is part of the collections at the Library of Congress.

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