Inauguration: Donald Trump to swear oath on Scots mother's Bible
The President-Elect, who will be inaugurated later today, was given the book in 1955 by his mother Mary Anne Trump (née MacLeod) after he completed Sunday school.
Mary Trump, who died in 2012, was born and raised on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides before emigrating to America in 1930 at 18-years-old.
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Hide AdThe book previously appeared in a campaign video during Mr Trump’s election campaign, where he thanked Evangelical Christians for supporting his bid for the White House.
He said: “My mother gave me this Bible. This very Bible many years ago.
“It is very special to me.”
Mr Trump will also be sworn into office using a Bible that once belonged to Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican Commander-in-Chief and the man who famously abolished slavery in America.
The official inauguration ceremony will take place in Washington D.C. around 5pm GMT.