U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks before leaving his home in Delaware for Washington, D.C. on Jan. 19, 2021. (Photo: AFP-Yonhap News)
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Joe Biden is set to become the 46th president of the United States.
His inauguration ceremony Wednesday in Washington will be like no other in the country's history due to coronavirus restrictions and security concerns stemming from the siege of the Capitol earlier this month.
The BBC's Nomia Iqbal has more.
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Ten-forty-seven Eastern Time is when the former Presidents Barack Obama, George Bush and Bill Clinton will arrive and take their seats
A few moments after, the families of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be there.
Also, Jennifer Lopez and Lady Gaga will be performing and then that crucial time, 12 p.m. noon, which is when Joe Biden will become the next president of the U.S. and the Vice President Kamala Harris will become America's first-ever woman vice president, first-ever Black and South Asian person.
And Joe Biden gets to make a bit of history himself because at the age of 78, he will be America's oldest ever president.
Outgoing President Donald Trump will not attend the event, but his vice president, Mike Pence, is expected to be there.
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