President Joe Biden's second State of the Union was as interactive as any in history. The president touted his administration's accomplishments while having a verbal back-and-forth with members of ...

He pointed to other "unprecedented" times for the State of Union address, comparing this moment to Franklin Roosevelt's speech in Jan. 1941, when "Hitler was on the march" in Europe.

An estimated 38.2 million TV viewers watched Biden’s first State of the Union address in 2022, according to Nielsen ratings.

An estimated 38.2 million TV viewers watched Biden’s first State of the Union address in 2022, according to Nielsen ratings.

President Biden exits after delivering the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images) ...

That's right - it is time for the State of the Union. It's the annual address where the president lays out his priorities and his plans for the year ahead.

The shortest State of the Union was delivered by Washington, with only 1,089 words total. The longest written State of the Union had 33,667 words — that was Jimmy Carter in 1981.