President Joe Biden will be delivering his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening in front of nearly every influential federal official in Washington. The list of attendees will include members of Congress, top military brass, US Supreme Court justices and senior officials within his administration.

While Biden gives the speech, a handful of VIPs will watch with first lady Jill Biden from a viewing box in the Capitol. 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 will be among the featured guests.

Some of the confirmed names in the list also include Maurice and Kandice Barron of New York, the parents of a 3-year-old who has survived a rare pediatric cancer; Ruth Cohen of Rockville, Maryland, a Holocaust survivor; Kate Foley of Rolling Meadows, Illinois and many others.

It was recently revealed that the father of a 20-year-old New Hampshire woman who died of an opioid overdose will be a special guest of First Lady Jill Biden.

Who is Doug Griffin?

Doug Griffin is the father of Courtney Griffin, who died of a fentanyl overdose in September 2014. Since her death, her father who comes from Newton, has worked closely with the agenda of raising awareness about the stigma associated with addiction. He had called for better access to substance use disorder treatment services.

In September 2016, Doug and his wife, Pamela Griffin, visited with the national drug czar about getting additional funding to help their p0