Obama is going to be interviewed by YouTubers

YouTube has come a long way since the days of Evolution of Dance and Rick Roll, and so has being a YouTuber. Not only can content creators on YouTube make millions of dollars nowadays, albeit only a handful of them, three popular YouTubers will be given the opportunity to interview President Obama after his State of the Union address.

YouTube personalities will interview U.S. President Barack Obama live from the White House on Thursday, Jan. 22, following his State of the Union address to the nation on Tuesday. YouTube comedian GloZell Green, and vloggers Bethany Mota and Hank Green will be asking Obama questions “about the issues care they most about, and what they’re hearing from their audience,” according to a White House press release. In addition, they’ll be relaying questions from the rest of the country. Interested participants can ask questions on Twitter, Facebook or via other social media channels by using the hashtag #YouTubeAsksObama. The YouTubers may take take a few of those questions, and pose them to the president.