--- title: SOTU: Here's What John Boehner Said About Joe Biden's Suit Last Year description: "His suit and tie looked pretty nice, fancy" canonical: https://time.com/3674347/john-boehner-joe-biden-suit/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-20T13:43:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:42:16.060Z article:section: Politics og:title: SOTU: Here's What John Boehner Said About Joe Biden's Suit Last Year og:description: "His suit and tie looked pretty nice, fancy" og:url: https://time.com/3674347/john-boehner-joe-biden-suit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f7d054fa1fd07e6/69877abf428a9e2c0fcc6a91/ap495760254425.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3321 og:image:height: 1868 og:image:alt: Joe Biden, John Boehner og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: SOTU: Here's What John Boehner Said About Joe Biden's Suit Last Year twitter:description: "His suit and tie looked pretty nice, fancy" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f7d054fa1fd07e6/69877abf428a9e2c0fcc6a91/ap495760254425.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What John Boehner Said About Joe Biden's Suit at Last Year's State of the Union > Sponsored content. 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Charles Dharapak—ASSOCIATED PRESS by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jan 20, 2015 1:43 PM UTC There are sure to be some buzzworthy moments during Tuesday’s State of the Union address, with cameras picking up lawmakers’ reactions and interactions during the live telecast. After all, the Twitter conversation has [become an increasingly large part of the State of the Union](http://time.com/3671881/state-union-twitter-facebook-social-media/). Last year, House Speaker John Boehner inspired a flurry of tweets when he adjusted Vice President Joe Biden’s suit. On Tuesday, Boehner shared the story behind the image. The Ohio congressman says he just thought Biden looked good. “His suit and tie looked pretty nice, fancy,” Boehner says. “I wanted him to know that I noticed that I thought he was stepping out a little bit with his fancy suit.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3674347/john-boehner-joe-biden-suit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3674347/john-boehner-joe-biden-suit/"},"headline":"Here's What John Boehner Said About Joe Biden's Suit at Last Year's State of the Union","datePublished":"2015-01-20T13:43:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:42:16.060Z","description":"\"He was stepping out a little bit and I wanted him to know\"","url":"https://time.com/3674347/john-boehner-joe-biden-suit/","keywords":["state of the union","Congress","House of Representatives"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f7d054fa1fd07e6/69877abf428a9e2c0fcc6a91/ap495760254425.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f7d054fa1fd07e6/69877abf428a9e2c0fcc6a91/ap495760254425.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Joe Biden, John Boehner","caption":"Joe Biden, John Boehner","creditText":"Charles Dharapak—ASSOCIATED PRESS","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/state-of-the-union/","name":"state of the union"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3674347/john-boehner-joe-biden-suit/","name":"Here's What John Boehner Said About Joe Biden's Suit at Last Year's State of the Union"}}]}] ```