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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Justin Vallejo

Bill Clinton photobombs George Bush as US leaders take selfies at Biden inauguration

Photograph: EPA

Bill Clinton and George W Bush are still partying like it's 2000.

The pair are relived their peaceful transfer of power with "42" photobombing "43" as ex-president of the United States united at the inauguration of "46", Joe Biden.

Mr Bush, the only Republican ex-president in attendance, was posing with Democrat Jim Clyburn while Mr Bush hovered in the background before the inauguration officially began.

Read more: Barack, Bill and Dubya: How Democrats came to embrace George W Bush

Senator Elizabeth Warren posed with husband Bruce Mann and Meena Harris, niece of vice president-elect Kamala Harris.

Meena Harris, Bruce Mann, and Elizabeth Warren (AP)

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker also captured memorializing the moment while Jennifer Lopez posed with National Guard members the day before performing at the inauguration. 

Cory Booker of New Jersey (L) takes a selfie prior to the inaugural ceremony (EPA)
Jennifer Lopez stops to take a selfie with a group fo Maryland National Guard soldiers as she leaves the US Capitol building (EPA)

 

“What an honor to spend a few moments with these brave men and women,” she wrote in a tweet.

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