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Your Twitter Interview with Vice President Biden

January 25, 2012 at 1:02 AM ET by Kori Schulman

Summary:

On Thursday, January 26th, Vice President Biden will answer questions submitted by people from across the country in his first Twitter interview.

Update: The Twitter interview will now take place at 1:10 p.m. EST on Thursday, January 26.

POTUS is right, we need an America built to last. Join me to discuss #SOTU in my 1st @Twitter chat 1/26, 1:30pm ET. Use #WHChat to ask Qs-VP
— Office of VP Biden (@VP) January 25, 2012

Following the State of the Union Address, President Obama and more than thirty administration officials will be responding to your questions about the speech and talking to you about the issues that you care the most about. We're excited to announce that Vice President Biden will also be joining the schedule of engagement opportunities with the White House around the State of the Union.

On Thursday, January 26th, Vice President Biden will answer questions submitted by people from across the country in his first Twitter interview, live from an advanced manufacturing facility in Rochester, New Hampshire. Earlier on Thursday, the Vice President will deliver remarks to workers there about the Administration’s efforts to promote partnerships between community colleges and businesses to train skilled workers for the jobs of the future.

Here's how you can participate:

Starting now, ask questions for the Vice President and administration officials on Twitter using the hashtags #SOTU and #WHchat.
On Thursday, January 26th, at 1:10p.m. EST the folks at Twitter will select some of the most popular questions for the Vice President to answer.
Follow the whole interview on Twitter live through the @gov handle. The Vice President's responses will be tweeted from the @VP account.

Be sure to follow @VP on Twitter for the latest from the Vice President's office. We hope you'll join the conversation with the Vice President on Thursday, and check out all the ways you can engage with the White House at WhiteHouse.gov/sotu.