Joe Biden has arrived at the Capitol as we are less than an hour away from him being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States.
Mr Biden climbed the steps of the building with Kamala Harris to meet their predecessors, with George and Laura Bush, Barack and Michelle Obama and the Clintons all spotted arriving in the capital.
Donald Trump left the White House earlier in the day, but not before receiving a 21 gun salute at Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland, then delivering a speech saying his administration “left it all on the field” and told the small gathered crowd it was a “privilege to be your president.”
Mr Trump then boarded Air Force One with wife Melania and will fly to Mar-a-Lago, Florida, breaking precedent by not attending the inauguration this afternoon.
It comes amid a heavy security presence in the capital as 20,000 US National Guard are on hand to support law enforcement just days after the Capital riots.
Mr Trump’s last act in office was to offer pardons or clemency to 143 people, including his former adviser Steve Bannon and rapper Lil Wayne.
