U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. (Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images)
In 2022, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was the designated survivor, and before that, in 2021, there was no official designated survivor due to cabinet members not being present for the address as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The rules state that the designated survivor must be a natural-born U.S. Citizen, at least 35 years old, and he or she must have been a resident of the United States for the past 14 years.
BIDEN WON'T ANNOUNCE IMMIGRATION EXECUTIVE ACTION DURING STATE OF THE UNION: OFFICIAL
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Fox News Photo/Joshua Comins)
Biden's speech is set to begin at 9 P.M. ET on Thursday night in the House chamber of the Capitol Building.
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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