President Biden is set to deliver his second State of the Union address after a year marked by both triumphs and challenges.
The president has consistently struggled with poor approval ratings and high inflation numbers in the last year, but also saw a higher number of Democrat victories than expected in the 2022 midterm elections and a number of legislative wins in the past Congress.
Biden is expected to address the war in Ukraine, as well as his economic agenda and the coronavirus pandemic.
Here are the guests that lawmakers and the White House have invited to attend the State of the Union:
- Tyre Nichols’s parents
- Bono, the lead singer of the rock band U2
- Paul Pelosi
- Brandon Tsay, who disarmed suspected killer in Monterey Park shooting
- Mr. Darrell Woodie, ‘Good Samaritan’ who helped Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.)
- Jeffrey T. Smith, New York Montgomery County sheriff
- Michael Brown Sr., father of teenager fatally shot by police
- Massachusetts nursing student Eugénie Ouedraogo
- Brett Cross, whose son Uziyah García was one of the 19 Uvalde victims
- Abortion activist Kate Dineen
- Former NBA star Enes Freedom
- Air Force Colonel (Ret.) Mark A. Hurley
- Deanna Branch, a Milwaukee woman who has advocated for awareness about toxic lead pipes
- Roya Rahmani, Afghanistan’s first female ambassador to the U.S.
- Michael Weinstock, 9/11 ground zero rescue worker
- Sterling Brown, professional basketball player
- Zeneta Everhart, whose son was injured in the mass shooting in Buffalo
- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox
- Family members of George Floyd, Eric Garner, Walter Scott, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Ronald Greene and others
- Oksana Markarova, the Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S
- Texas couple Amanda and Josh Zurawski, abortion advocades
- Aquilino Gonell, former Capitol Police Sergeant
Read more information about each guest here.
