Pence is helping Biden make the transition more normal - but their cooperation has risks for each Annie Linskey, The Washington Post Jan. 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Vice President Mike Pence, presiding over Congress's affirmation of the election results on Jan. 6, passes a document to a staffer.Washington Post photo by Bill O'Leary When Vice President Mike Pence takes his seat near Joe Biden at the inauguration on Wednesday, he will be symbolically turning his back on President Donald Trump's baseless assertion of a stolen election and creating the powerful image of a peaceful transfer of power - an image his boss has sought to upend.