Biden must find words for a wounded nation in inauguration like no other

Planners have been forced to be inventive after the deadly pandemic and now last week's Capitol insurrection dictated a pared-down event amid real fears of assassination

With nearly half a century in Washington behind him, Joe Biden has waited a long time for this moment. But when he places his hand on a Bible, repeats a 35-word oath and is sworn in as the 46th US president at noon on Wednesday, the backdrop will be nothing like he ever imagined.