Joe Biden's inner circle: meet the new president's close-knit team

Many of Biden's new team have worked together before, and get on well - in sharp contrast to Trump's team of rivals'

At the core of the administration Joe Biden is building is a trusted circle of officials, who are bound together by many years of working together in a close-knit team in the Obama administration, by a shared faith, or, in some cases, by a tie with Biden's late son, Beau.

It is the very opposite approach to the one taken by Donald Trump, who assembled a sharp-elbowed team of rivals" - powerful men from different walks of life, who he had never met but thought looked the part. Biden treasures familiarity and nice-guy collegiality, and warned new appointees on Wednesday that if they don't treat each other with respect, I will fire you on the spot."