WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will deliver the State of the Union address to the newly divided government on Feb. 7 after the new Republican speaker extended a formal invitation.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president has accepted Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s “kind invitation” to deliver the speech that evening. It will be Biden’s first address with Republicans in control of either chamber of Congress.
“The new year brings a new Congress, and with it, a responsibility to work towards an economy that is strong, a nation that is safe, a future that is built on freedom, and a government that is accountable,” McCarthy, R-Calif., wrote Biden in extending the invitation.