--- title: Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders to Headline DNC description: Some of the biggest name in the Democratic Party will headline the Democratic National Convention later this month in Philadelphia. canonical: https://time.com/4408789/president-obama-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-democratic-convention/ author: Brendan Dorsey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-15T20:45:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:18:02.501Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Obama and Bernie Sanders to Headline Democratic Convention og:description: Former President Bill Clinton will also speak in Philadelphia og:url: https://time.com/4408789/president-obama-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-democratic-convention/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70808107cbb4341d/69889c2d196cf4720d03c6bb/obama_clinton_dnc.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. President Obama waves with Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Clinton at campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Obama and Bernie Sanders to Headline Democratic Convention twitter:description: Former President Bill Clinton will also speak in Philadelphia twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70808107cbb4341d/69889c2d196cf4720d03c6bb/obama_clinton_dnc.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders to Headline Democratic Convention by [Brendan Dorsey](https://time.com/author/brendan-dorsey/) ## Brendan Dorsey Jul 15, 2016 8:45 PM UTC  President Barack Obama waves with Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a Clinton campaign event in Charlotte, July 5, 2016. President Barack Obama waves with Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a Clinton campaign event in Charlotte, July 5, 2016.Brian Snyder—Reuters by [Brendan Dorsey](https://time.com/author/brendan-dorsey/) ## Brendan Dorsey Jul 15, 2016 8:45 PM UTC Some of the biggest name in the Democratic Party will headline the Democratic National Convention later this month in Philadelphia, according to a [release](https://medium.com/democratic-national-convention/headlining-speakers-for-the-democratic-national-convention-54fad6ee1f7a#.eqdcakmii) from the convention organizers. President [Barack Obama](http://time.com/4394191/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-rally-transcript/), Vermont Sen. [Bernie Sanders](http://time.com/4357647/bernie-sanders-democratic-convention/), Vice President Joe Biden and First Lady Michelle Obama are slotted for prime-time speeches in support of the presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton. Members of Clinton’s family, including former President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, will [also deliver speeches](http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/15/politics/democratic-national-convention-speakers-list/) at the convention, which will be held July 25 to 28. According to the release, the convention will feature “narrative storytelling utilizing innovative technology” and through that “Clinton’s vision that we are stronger together will come into strong focus for the American people.” Clinton will give her speech on the last night of the convention, with that night’s theme coming from her campaign slogan “Stronger Together.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4408789/president-obama-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-democratic-convention/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4408789/president-obama-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-democratic-convention/"},"headline":"President Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders to Headline Democratic Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-15T20:45:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:18:02.501Z","description":"Former President Bill Clinton will also speak in Philadelphia","url":"https://time.com/4408789/president-obama-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-democratic-convention/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70808107cbb4341d/69889c2d196cf4720d03c6bb/obama_clinton_dnc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Brendan Dorsey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/brendan-dorsey/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70808107cbb4341d/69889c2d196cf4720d03c6bb/obama_clinton_dnc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. President Obama waves with Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Clinton at campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina","caption":"President Barack Obama waves with Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a Clinton campaign event in Charlotte, July 5, 2016.","creditText":"Brian Snyder—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4408789/president-obama-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-democratic-convention/","name":"President Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders to Headline Democratic Convention"}}]}] ```