--- title: Katy Perry and Joe Biden Selfie description: Cue "Firework" canonical: https://time.com/2927882/katy-perry-and-joe-biden-took-a-selfie/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-26T16:43:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:11.430Z og:title: Katy Perry and Joe Biden Took a Selfie og:description: Cue "Firework" og:url: https://time.com/2927882/katy-perry-and-joe-biden-took-a-selfie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Katy Perry and Joe Biden Took a Selfie twitter:description: Cue "Firework" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Katy Perry and Joe Biden Took a Selfie  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 26, 2014 4:43 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 26, 2014 4:43 PM UTC Vice President Joe Biden posed for a selfie with Katy Perry at the White House on Tuesday. Describing the politician as a “Q-T” on Instagram, the pop star was in Washington, D.C. for a concert at the Verizon Center as part of her Prismatic World Tour. [_Parks and Recreation_](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/16/watch-vice-president-joe-biden-makes-a-cameo-on-parks-and-recreation/)_‘s_ Leslie Knope would be jealous. (h/t [_The Hill_](http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/210494-biden-takes-a-selfie-with-katy-perry)) **MORE:** [Vice President Joe Biden’s First Selfie Is Just Awesome](http://time.com/66042/joe-biden-barack-obama-selfie/) **WATCH:** [Vice President Joe Biden Congratulates Team USA in The Locker Room After World Cup Win](http://time.com/2890023/watch-joe-biden-congratulate-team-usa-in-locker-room-after-world-cup-win/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2927882/katy-perry-and-joe-biden-took-a-selfie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2927882/katy-perry-and-joe-biden-took-a-selfie/"},"headline":"Katy Perry and Joe Biden Took a Selfie","datePublished":"2014-06-26T16:43:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:11.430Z","description":"Cue \"Firework\"","url":"https://time.com/2927882/katy-perry-and-joe-biden-took-a-selfie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2927882/katy-perry-and-joe-biden-took-a-selfie/","name":"Katy Perry and Joe Biden Took a Selfie"}}]}] ```