Tomorrow, Joe Biden will deliver the State of the Union address at 9 p.m. in Washington and at 3 a.m. in Italy, the last of his current term in the White House. There is great anticipation for the message that the President will address to the nation, which will inevitably become a key re-election speech eight months before the November elections. But as every year, attention will also be paid to the special guests who will invite the first lady, Jill Biden, senators and representatives, usually figures who symbolize the domestic and foreign policy commitments of the administration and Congress. With the speech coming exactly five months after the Hamas attacks in Israel that sparked the war in Gaza, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries invited the families of those captured on Oct. 7 American hostages. The Republican leader invited Orna and Daniel Neutra, mother and brother of Omer Neutra, while the Democratic leader invited Andrea Weinstein, sister of Judy Weinstein. Haggai and Gad Haggai were both killed.
