When does Biden’s State of the Union for 2024 start and end tonight? Key times to know
Washington- President Biden is ready to deliver his final State of the Union address of his first term Thursday night as he looks ahead to a likely November revenge with his predecessorformer president Donald Trump.
This year's address will be Biden's third State of the Union address since taking office in 2021, and his fourth in a joint session of Congress. The annual remarks serve as a vehicle for the president to lay out his policy accomplishments and priorities for the coming months, and provide him with what will likely be his largest television audience between now and Election Day.
With eight months until the 2024 presidential election, and with the possibility that Biden and Trump will face off again in the general election, the president is likely to use the speech to draw distinctions between his party and the Republican Party, and try to calm the worries. about his age.
The president's address brings together all three branches of government, as the vice president, Supreme Court justices and Biden's Cabinet will be in attendance, along with members of the House and Senate.
What time will the State of the Union address begin?
Biden's State of the Union address will begin at 9 p.m. ET.
How long has the State of the Union address lasted in recent years?
Biden's first two States of the Union were held in 2022 and 2023. His first address as president, which came several months after his inauguration, was not technically a State of the Union, but rather an “Address to a joint session of Congress.” “.
He 2023 State of the Unionwhich took place on February 7, lasted 1 hour and 13 minutesaccording to the American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Biden spoke for 1 hour, 1 minute, and 50 seconds for his State of the Union address on March 1, 2022. The president's April 28, 2021, address lasted 1 hour, 5 minutes, and 8 seconds.
Trump's comments lasted slightly longer than those of his successor. For his 2020 State of the Union, held on February 4, Trump spoke for 1 hour, 18 minutes and 4 seconds, according to the American Presidency Project. That speech was marked by the then Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. breaking a copy of Trump's comments as he concluded.
His Feb. 5, 2019, speech lasted 1 hour, 22 minutes, and 25 seconds, and his Jan. 30, 2018, State of the Union address lasted 1 hour, 20 minutes, and 32 seconds, according to the American Presidency Project.
What time will the Republican response to Biden's speech begin?
Senator Katie Britt of Alabama, the first woman elected to represent the state in the Senate, give the republican response to Mr. Biden's State of the Union. It is scheduled to begin after the president finishes his remarks, likely shortly after 10 p.m. Eastern time.
How long does the State of the Union response usually take?
The president's State of the Union responses are much shorter than the address to the joint session of Congress.
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivered the response of the Republican Party in 2023 and spoke for about 14 minutes and 37 seconds.
In 2022, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds gave comments on behalf of the Republicans, and his speech lasted about 14 minutes and 20 seconds.
South Carolina Senator Tim Scott provided the Republican response in 2021, speaking for about 14 minutes, 31 minutes.
