Several individuals recently featured in the news are listed as guests of first lady Jill Biden at Tuesday night’s State of the Union address.
RowVaughn and Rodney Wells, the parents of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by police in Memphis, Tennessee, last month, will be among those seated with the first lady.
Also invited by the White House were U2 rock band frontman Bono, Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Oksana Markarova, the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States.
“Each of these individuals were invited by the White House because they personify issues or themes to be addressed by the President in his speech, or they embody the Biden-Harris Administration’s policies at work for the American people,” the White House’s announcement said….