JD Vance uses his Kentucky family’s Bible for swearing-in ceremony
Updated: 3:57 PM EST Jan 20, 2025
Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, James David Vance, do solemnly swear. David Vance, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States, that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same. That I take this obligation freely, that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office, the duties of the office on which I’m about to enter, on which I’m about to enter. So help me God. So help me God. Congratulations Mr. Vice President.
JD Vance uses his Kentucky family’s Bible for swearing-in ceremony
Updated: 3:57 PM EST Jan 20, 2025
JD Vance was sworn in as vice president on Monday.The Bible he used has Kentucky roots.While Vance is from Middletown, Ohio, Kentucky is a big part of his story. In his 2016 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” Vance said he spent many of his formative year in Breathitt County, which is in eastern Kentucky.Vance has written about spending summers at the home of his great-grandmother, Hattie Hounshell, with his grandmother, Bonnie, whom he called Mamaw.According to our affiliate WKYT, the Bible Vance used belonged to Hattie Hounshell and his Mamaw presented it to him in 2003, the day he left home for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. The Bible is a King James Version published by Thomas Nelson and Sons.President Donald Trump also had a family Bible present, but he did not put his hand on the Bible during his swearing-in.
WASHINGTON —JD Vance was sworn in as vice president on Monday.
The Bible he used has Kentucky roots.
While Vance is from Middletown, Ohio, Kentucky is a big part of his story.
In his 2016 memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” Vance said he spent many of his formative year in Breathitt County, which is in eastern Kentucky.
Vance has written about spending summers at the home of his great-grandmother, Hattie Hounshell, with his grandmother, Bonnie, whom he called Mamaw.
According to our affiliate WKYT, the Bible Vance used belonged to Hattie Hounshell and his Mamaw presented it to him in 2003, the day he left home for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot.
The Bible is a King James Version published by Thomas Nelson and Sons.
President Donald Trump also had a family Bible present, but he did not put his hand on the Bible during his swearing-in.
