Joe Biden to address joint session of Congress for first time as president

Joe Biden will soon address a joint session of Congress for the first time since becoming US president (Patrick Semansky/AP)

Joe Biden will soon address a joint session of Congress for the first time since becoming US president.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi extended the invitation to Mr Biden on Tuesday “to share your vision for addressing the challenges and opportunities of this historic moment”, with the White House later saying the president had accepted the invitation to attend on April 28.