President Donald Trump waits to greet UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for a meeting at the White House on Feb. 27, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Carl Court - Pool/Getty Images)
The "State of the Union" was a written document until the early 20th century. That’s when President Woodrow Wilson revived the speech custom after 112 years of dormancy.
President Calvin Coolidge was the first to deliver a State of the Union speech over the radio in 1923.
However, the tradition of radio really found its footing in the 1930s.
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt mastered radio with his "Fireside Chats" during the Great Depression and World War II. That continued during his State of the Union messages.
President Donald Trump gives his second presidential inaugural address on Jan. 20, 2024. (Fox News)
Congressional Budget Office employee Lenny Skutnik famously dove into the freezing water to rescue a passenger.
Two weeks later, President Ronald Reagan recognized Skutnik by inviting him to the State of the Union as a guest. Presidents - and lawmakers - have continued this practice.
President Barack Obama spoke to a Joint Session of Congress in September 2009 about Obamacare. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-SC, infamously heckled the president, shouting "You lie!"
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, ripped up President Donald Trump’s speech after she presided over his State of the Union speech in February 2020.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rips up President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech. (Getty)
Police arrested Steve Nikoui after he repeatedly disrupted President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address last year. Nikoui was upset after his son Kareem was killed in Afghanistan. Prosecutors later dropped the charges.
Chad Pergram currently serves as a senior congressional correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.
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