Signage is displayed during a walkthrough of the Democratic National Convention on May 22, 2024, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
(NewsNation) — The Democratic National Convention is just days away from kicking off in Chicago, and while the stage is set, the list of event speakers has yet to be fully unveiled.
The four-day convention starts Aug. 19, a month after the conclusion of the 2024 Republican National Convention.
More than 50,000 attendees are expected to visit Chicago, with at least 5,000 delegates expected in attendance.
Convention organizers have a lot to fit in the prime time of the four days in addition to the presidential and vice presidential nomination acceptance addresses.
Here’s what we know so far about who is taking the stage at the DNC:
Monday, Aug. 19
WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 01: U.S. President Joe Biden answers reporters’ questions after announcing the release of prisoners freed by Russia, including Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, in the East Room at the White House on August 01, 2024 in Washington, DC. The two, along with Alsu Kurmasheva, a dual U.S.-Russian citizen and Radio Free Europe journalist, Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Washington Post columnist, and others were released in a prisoner exchange with Russia. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
President Joe Biden: Set to headline the first night of the 2024 DNC, President Joe Biden is scheduled to give a speech touting his relationship and accomplishments with Harris.
The address is set to be the centerpiece of the Aug. 19 programming.
Convention organizers were pressed for time trying to figure out where to fit in a Biden address once he withdrew from the presidential race just weeks before.
Up until that moment, Biden’s role was to wrap up the convention with his nomination acceptance speech on Aug. 22.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs on March 28, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Shahar Azran/Getty Images)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is also scheduled to speak on Monday.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: The host city’s mayor is slated to welcome Democrats to the convention. He will showcase how Democrats across the Blue Wall are on the frontlines, fighting for our freedoms and our future.
Tuesday, Aug. 20
Former US President Barack Obama leaves after a courtesy visit to 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Former President Barack Obama: The New York Times reported that former President Barack Obama will headline Tuesday night.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama: Michelle Obama has addressed every party convention since her husband was nominated in 2008, with her previous addresses all garnering prime speaking slots, according to Axios.
FILE – Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker participates in a debate with Republican gubernatorial challenger, state Sen. Darren Bailey, at the WGN9 studios, Oct. 18, 2022, in Chicago. Crisis pregnancy centers, which often pop up near abortion facilities to offer information about alternatives to the procedure, face penalties if they disseminate misleading or untruthful information after action by Pritzker on Thursday, July 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker: As the DNC takes place in Chicago, it’s expected that Illinois’ governor would attend the event. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is also expected to address delegates at the convention, but the time at which he will speak has yet to be confirmed.
Wednesday, Aug. 21
EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN – AUGUST 07: Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a campaign rally where he appeared with his running mate Vice President Kamala Harris on August 7, 2024 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Later today they are scheduled to host a rally in Michigan. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz: It’s a tradition that the vice presidential pick gives their acceptance speech as the Wednesday headliner. Walz will follow a speech by former President Bill Clinton.
FILE – Former President Bill Clinton speaks at the 92nd Street Y, in New York, May 4, 2023. Social media is abuzz with news that a judge is about to release a list of “clients,” or “associates” or maybe “co-conspirators,” of Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. While some previously sealed court records are indeed being made public, the great majority of the people whose names appear in those documents are not accused of any wrongdoing. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Former President Bill Clinton: As a precursor to Walz’s vice presidential nomination acceptance speech, Bill Clinton is expected to address the economy under Biden, Axios reported. He has often been regarded as one of the better “setup speakers,” the report said.
Thursday, Aug. 22
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 10: Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally with Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz at the University of Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center on August 10, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kamala Harris and her newly selected running mate Tim Walz are campaigning across the country this week. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Vice President Kamala Harris: Closing out the DNC, Harris will formally accept the Democratic Party’s nomination Thursday evening.
Harris will be marked in history as the first Black woman and first Indian American to accept a party’s nomination, NBC News reported.
FILE – Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during a reception to celebrate the Jewish new year in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sept. 30, 2022. The White House says Emhoff will host Jewish leaders for a discussion about a rise in antisemitism and efforts to fight hate in the United States. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff: Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, is expected to give a speech at this year’s DNC. It has been reported that he will introduce Harris ahead of her acceptance speech.
Who else will speak at the DNC?
FILE – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, addresses a crowd, June 28, 2023, at the Old Post Office in Chicago. Chicago won’t renew its contract for a controversial gunshot detection system and end the use of ShotSpotter technology later this year, Mayor Johnson’s office announced Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file)
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on President Biden’s supplemental funding request for Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
FILE – Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks about a bill to establish federal protections for IVF during a press event on Capitol Hill, Feb. 27, 2024, in Washington. Senate Democrats are making a renewed push to show their support for ensuring nationwide access to in vitro fertilization. Duckworth, who has used the fertility treatment to have her two children, released the legislation Monday, June 3, 2024, part of an election-year effort to spotlight Republican resistance to protecting reproductive care. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
WASHINGTON – FEBRUARY 7: DPCC Co-Chair Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference at the House Democrats 2024 Issues Conference in Leesburg, Va., on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Jason Carter, grandson of former US President Jimmy Carter, speaks during a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. Carter died on November 19, aged 96, just two days after joining her husband in hospice care at their house in Plains. (Photo by Brynn Anderson / POOL / AFP) (Photo by BRYNN ANDERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
There are several other people who have been confirmed to speak at this year’s DNC. However, the committee has not yet set official times.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries will also participate in the convention, sources confirmed to NewsNation.
In honor of former President Jimmy Carter, his grandson, Jason Carter, is also slated to speak at the convention, NBC News reported.
