Tyre Nichols' family, U2's Bono among Jill Biden's guests for State of the Union address

 

Tyre Nichols' family, U2's Bono among Jill Biden's guests for State of the Union address

Rock star Bono, the family of Tyre Nichols and the 26-year-old who disarmed a gunman in last month’s Monterey Park, California, shooting were among the featured guests sitting alongside first lady Jill Biden at Tuesday's State of the Union address.

The guests were invited “because they personify issues or themes" President Joe Biden addressed in the speech or they embody administration policies that are working for the American people, the White House said. Biden referred to several of the invitees by name.

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, sat with the first lady and invited Ruth Cohen, a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor from the Washington area, to be his guest, his office said. Emhoff, who is Jewish, has taken a lead role in administration efforts to combat antisemitism.

The guests:

— Maurice and Kandice Barron of New York, the parents of a 3-year-old who has survived a rare pediatric cancer, meant to highlight Biden's Cancer Moonshot initiative.

— Lynette Bonar of Tuba City, Arizona, a nurse and medical executive involved in bringing the first cancer center to a Native American reservation.