Will Barack Obama take his oath of office before or after Joe Biden?

After-the inauguration usually takes place at noon on the steps of the west front of the u.s. capitol building in washington, d.c. chief justice john roberts jr., an appointee of outgoing president bush, will oversee the changing of the guard by administering the oath, which traditionally is done on a bible. also present will be members of the u.s. armed forces, since the president is also commander-in-chief. joe biden, the vice president-elect, will take his oath first, in the same ceremony. a band will play hail to the chief, the infantry guard will give a 21-gun salute, and then obama will make his inaugural address his first speech to the country as president. the united states congress then will invite obama and biden to lunch, after which obama will parade down from the capitol to the white house.