President-elect Joe Biden is at church for a pre-inauguration service, where he is joined by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in a showing of national unity.
Joined by incoming First Lady Jill Biden, the 46th commander-in-chief was picked up by Secret Service from Blair House, the White House’s guest house where the couple stayed Tuesday evening, and departed for Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and incoming Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff are also in attendance for the ceremony.
The Washington DC church will be the incoming president’s only stop prior to his inauguration ceremony, which he will head to directly following the service.
Biden invited Sen. McConnell (R-Ky.), Sen. Schumer (D-NY), Speaker Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. McCarthy (R-Calif.) to join him at the downtown DC cathedral in an effort to begin the healing of partisan wounds nationwide, a pledge of the incoming president throughout his campaign.
