Obama to 'hang out' on Google Plus

Catering to the growing trend of mixing social media with politics, President Obama on Monday will participate in a video chat room known as a "Hangout" as part of Google's social networking site Google Plus.

The presidential first -- a chat room to answer questions about State of the Union address he delivered last week -- brings Obama virtually closer to the people -- but only those people hand-selected after submitting questions before Saturday's midnight deadline.

"I'll walk into the Roosevelt Room across the hall from the Oval Office, take a seat, and kick-off the first-ever completely virtual town hall from the White House," the president wrote in an email to whitehouse.gov subscribers

The president will answer the most popular questions submitted by the YouTube community and selected by Google. He will also chat live with a group of questioners during the 45-minute open forum, giving the participants an opportunity to interact directly with Obama.

The post-State of the Union interview takes place Monday at 5:30 p.m. ET and will be streamed live on Google Plus, the White House YouTube channel and on the whitehouse.gov website.

Often dubbed as our first social media president, the "Hangout" is the latest move in the Obama administration's active social-media campaign, which also includes posting on Twitter and Facebook.