Jimmy Carter nodded politely toward Ronald Reagan at the Republican's inauguration. Richard Nixon clasped John F.

Pelosi, who led impeachments against Trump, and Obama, who has largely stayed out of politics, are both forgoing the ...

"The only president to ever avoid an inauguration was the guy that's about to be inaugurated," Biden said in December 2024.

President Joe Biden said while speaking to media Friday that Vice President Kamala Harris “could have and would have” beat President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election ...

but he was not the first president to skip attending a successor’s ceremony. Four other presidents have missed their successor’s inauguration, however, Trump was the first to do so in over 150 ...