Politics | Bill Clinton Swearing in De Blasio: Bill Clinton Will use Bible that was once FDR's By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Dec 28, 2013 4:30 PM CST Copied Bill Clinton waves after speaking at a forum in Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Bill de Blasio will be sworn in as mayor of New York City by Bill Clinton. De Blasio will be inaugurated as the 109th mayor of the nation's largest city during a ceremony Wednesday on the City Hall steps. His transition team announced today that he will be sworn in by the former president. De Blasio worked in Clinton's administration in the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Clinton will use a Bible once owned by another former president, Franklin D. Roosevelt. The de Blasio transition team says Hillary Clinton also will attend the New Year's Day ceremony; De Blasio managed her successful 2000 Senate campaign. Read These Next The Air Force has changed its tune on Ashli Babbitt. Open that wallet big time for a trip to Disney, if you can afford it. Minneapolis shooter had a plan—and grievances. A 'tense' clash with RFK Jr. led to CDC chief's trouble. Report an error