The inauguration of a new U.S. President is a day of pomp and ceremony, of solemn oaths and dignified celebrations. But ...

President Joe Biden claimed in a December interview that President-elect Donald Trump is “the only president to ever avoid an inauguration.” Verdict: False Presidents John Adams, John Quincy Adams, ...

he was not the first president to avoid a successor's inauguration. In fact, a handful of other presidents failed to appear ...

President Biden claimed Trump is the only president to avoid his successor’s inauguration. But several outgoing presidents in history have skipped the ceremony.

Typically, an outgoing president is in attendance at the next president’s inauguration ceremony. This tradition initially began in 1837, when Andrew Jackson attended the inauguration of Martin ...