Unlike Trump, Vice President Pence to attend Biden’s inauguration

Washington:  US Vice President Mike Pence will attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on January 20, an event the outgoing President Donald Trump has decided to skip.
According to US media outlets, word of Pence’s intention to watch Biden take his oath of office in person spread after the first major break between him and Trump — when the Vice President defied the President by performing his constitutional duty to certify the November 3 election results.
Trump, a Republican, announced on Twitter, before his account was suspended, that he would not be attending Biden’s inauguration.
Pence will attend the inauguration of President-elect Biden, CNN reported, quoting a source familiar with the plans.
Biden, a Democrat, said on Friday that he was glad President Trump decided not to attend and that Vice President Pence is “welcome to come. I’d be honoured to have him there.” “It’s a good thing, him not showing up,” Biden said on Friday in Wilmington, Delaware, at a news conference.