President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address Suddenly Appears to Be ‘Off’

President Joe Biden was expected to have given his first State of the Union address by now.

Although the mainstream press is issuing “fact checks” to dispute the claim Biden was supposed to have had one by February 20th, the AP earlier reported that he was supposed to have had one by… *checks calendar*… yesterday.

“US President Joe Biden is expected to deliver the annual State of the Union address on 23 February 2021 (date is still to be confirmed),” the Associated Press reported.

It is indisputable that the president can have the SOTU address whenever he or she wants. Or none at all, like Jimmy Carter chose in 1977. Or even submitted in writing, as the same president did in 1981.

But Biden will soon be running upon the longest period of time in the last three decades for a president to wait to give his first State of the Union Address.

Thus, if Joe Biden doesn’t give his State of the Union before Sunday, he will have eclipsed the modern timeline for presidents to give their first State of the Union Address.

A check of his presidential calendar gives no details on when a State of the Union may be forthcoming. America is in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic, fallout from the Capitol riots, a Texas disaster, and other major emergencies. The Biden administration has issued an unprecedented flurry of executive orders, many of them highly controversial.

There are questions that Americans want answers to from their current Commander-in-Chief. And yet, the State of the Union appears to be “confused.”

There has been recent speculation about Biden giving the State of the Union online, most of it related to his believed physical capacity to give one.

RE: Presidents don’t typically give “State of the Union” addresses their first year office

FROM THE ARTICLE:

The first State of the Union addresses by presidential term since 1981:

President Ronald Reagan (first term): February 18, 1981
President Ronald Reagan (second term): February 06, 1985
President George H.W. Bush: February 09, 1989
President Bill Clinton (first term): February 17, 1993
President Bill Clinton (second term): February 04, 1997
President George W. Bush (first term): February 27, 2001
President George W. Bush (second term): February 02, 2005
President Barack Obama (first term): February 24, 2009
President Barack Obama (second term): February 12, 2013
President Donald Trump (first term): February 28, 2017

Since Woodrow Wilson, Feb 24th is more than a generous deadline.

December 2, 1913	Wilson, Woodrow
December 8, 1914	Wilson, Woodrow
December 7, 1915	Wilson, Woodrow
December 5, 1916	Wilson, Woodrow
December 4, 1917	Wilson, Woodrow
December 2, 1918	Wilson, Woodrow
December 6, 1921	Harding, Warren G.
December 8, 1922	Harding, Warren G.
December 6, 1923	Coolidge, Calvin
January 3, 1934	Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
January 4, 1935	Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
January 3, 1936	Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
January 6, 1937	Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
January 3, 1938	Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
January 4, 1939	Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
January 3, 1940	Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
January 6, 1941	Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
January 6, 1942	Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
January 7, 1943	Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
January 6, 1947	Truman, Harry S.
January 7, 1948	Truman, Harry S.
January 5, 1949	Truman, Harry S.
January 4, 1950	Truman, Harry S.
January 8, 1951	Truman, Harry S.
January 9, 1952	Truman, Harry S.
February 2, 1953	Eisenhower, Dwight D.
January 7, 1954	Eisenhower, Dwight D.
January 6, 1955	Eisenhower, Dwight D.
January 10, 1957	Eisenhower, Dwight D.
January 9, 1958	Eisenhower, Dwight D.
January 9, 1959	Eisenhower, Dwight D.
January 7, 1960	Eisenhower, Dwight D.
January 30, 1961	Kennedy, John F.
January 11, 1962	Kennedy, John F.
January 14, 1963	Kennedy, John F.
January 8, 1964	Johnson, Lyndon B.
January 4, 1965	Johnson, Lyndon B.
January 12, 1966	Johnson, Lyndon B.
January 10, 1967	Johnson, Lyndon B.
January 17, 1968	Johnson, Lyndon B.
January 14, 1969	Johnson, Lyndon B.
January 22, 1970	Nixon, Richard M.
January 22, 1971	Nixon, Richard M.
January 20, 1972	Nixon, Richard M.
January 30, 1974	Nixon, Richard M.
January 15, 1975	Ford, Gerald R.
January 19, 1976	Ford, Gerald R.
January 12, 1977	Ford, Gerald R.
January 19, 1978	Carter, James E. (Jimmy)
January 23, 1979	Carter, James E. (Jimmy)
January 23, 1980	Carter, James E. (Jimmy)
January 26, 1982	Reagan, Ronald
January 25, 1983	Reagan, Ronald
January 25, 1984	Reagan, Ronald
February 6, 1985	Reagan, Ronald
February 4, 1986	Reagan, Ronald
January 27, 1987	Reagan, Ronald
January 25, 1988	Reagan, Ronald
January 31, 1990	Bush, George H.W.
January 29, 1991	Bush, George H.W.
January 28, 1992	Bush, George H.W.
January 25, 1994	Clinton, William J. (Bill)
January 24, 1995	Clinton, William J. (Bill)
January 23, 1996	Clinton, William J. (Bill)
February 4, 1997	Clinton, William J. (Bill)
January 27, 1998	Clinton, William J. (Bill)
January 19, 1999	Clinton, William J. (Bill)
January 27, 2000	Clinton, William J. (Bill)
January 29, 2002	Bush, George W.
January 28, 2003	Bush, George W.
January 20, 2004	Bush, George W.
February 2, 2005	Bush, George W.
January 31, 2006	Bush, George W.
January 23, 2007	Bush, George W.
January 28, 2008	Bush, George W.
January 27, 2010	Obama, Barack H.
January 25, 2011	Obama, Barack H.
January 24, 2012	Obama, Barack H.
February 12, 2013	Obama, Barack H.
January 28, 2014	Obama, Barack H.
January 20, 2015	Obama, Barack H.
January 12, 2016	Obama, Barack H.
January 30, 2018	Trump, Donald J.
February 5, 2019	Trump, Donald J.
February 4, 2020	Trump, Donald J.

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