Doug Jones will be going against tradition during his swearing-in ceremony tomorrow after the soon-to-be senator chose former Vice President Joe Biden as his escort for the occasion.

Typically a new senator chooses their home state colleague as their escort -- in this case, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. But Shelby was not asked by Jones to accompany him to the swearing-in ceremony, WAAY TV reported Tuesday. Neither Shelby nor Jones could immediately be reached Tuesday night to confirm the report.

Jones is scheduled to be sworn into office as Alabama's newest U.S. Senator at 11 a.m. CST Wednesday. He will be taking the oath of office on a family Bible.

Biden is a family friend of Jones and helped campaign for the Democratic Senate candidate during a rally in Birmingham in October, where the former vice president predicted that a Jones victory would "send ripples down the country."

Jones defeated Republican Roy Moore in the Dec. 12 special election to fill Jeff Sessions's seat. Jones became the first Democrat in Alabama to win a U.S. Senate seat in 25 years.

Upon his swearing in, Jones will become the 49th Democratic member of the Senate, and Republicans will have a thin 51-49 majority in the upper chamber.