Former President Joe Biden leaves the U.S. Capitol via helicopter after watching his successor, Donald Trump, be sworn in as 47th President of the United States.

Joe Biden's presidency and half a century of public service come to an end as Donald Trump begins second term.

In his final hours as president, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons for House committee members who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and the police officers who testified before that committee.

Before Donald and Melania Trump sent their predecessors off in a farewell ceremony, the Bidens gave a warm goodbye to Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff

Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, responded to President Joe Biden issuing him a preemptive pardon on Monday.

President Joe Biden preemptively pardoned several people he said could be unfairly prosecuted during the Trump administration.

Outgoing President Joe Biden issued a slate of pardons Monday for people who may have been targets of President-elect Donald Trump's Justice Department.

President Biden pre-emptively pardoned Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House Jan. 6 committee, hours before Trump's inauguration.

It was expected – and legal – but it was still a vile affront to American justice. And a slap in the face to those who put their lives on

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Joe ... Biden and his wife Jill Biden have departed the U.S. Capitol in one final grand exit after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the ...

USA TODAY reporters covered the historic events. They were inside the Capitol, walking the streets, at the White House and immersed in the MAGA crowd.

The living former presidents, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden — who had collectively served in the White House for 28 years — were seated about 6 feet to the right of Trump during his speech. Trump acknowledged them by name but did not acknowledge their decades of public service and leadership.