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Lady Gaga sang the national anthem outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, moments before Joe Biden was sworn in as the nation's 46th president.
The pop star, who has joined Biden on the campaign trail during the 2020 U.S. presidential race, joins a slate of celebrities — Jennifer Lopez, Garth Brooks, Tom Hanks, among others — for a scaled-down, largely virtual inauguration celebration.
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