The appearance marks the end of her term as vice president and comes after her high-pressure run against Trump for the Oval Office. Earlier this month, on the fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, she presided over the electoral vote count, pointing out that the ceremony was “a peaceful transfer of power.”

Kamala Harris was balanced and poised as she walked into Donald Trump’s inauguration today arm-in-arm with her president, Joe Biden.

Harris attended a customary stop on President Donald Trump's second Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, greeting the incoming President, Vice President, and their spouses at the White House alongside outgoing President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. (The event precedes the formal inauguration ceremony, to be held inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda.)

In the 2024 presidential election, former president Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris. Today, she will attend his inauguration, as a member of the outgoing administration. She just arrived inside the Rotunda with President Joe Biden:

U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrive to the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.

In his 29-minute inauguration address, the newly-installed President reiterated many of his campaign promises.

Former president Joe Biden and former vice president Kamala Harris leave the US Capitol following the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Body language expert Mark Bowden explains to the Irish Star how Kamala Harris felt while Donald Trump attacked the last presidential administration in his speech.