Biden will ask America 'Whose side are you on?' in State of the Union this week and accuse Trump of being with Putin, less democratic freedom and higher health costs

In his State of the Union address on Thursday, President Joe Biden will make the case for his stewardship of the country and attack rival Donald Trump and the 'MAGA Republicans,' all while asking voters whose side they want to be on.

Biden's speech comes as Trump is on the cusp of wrapping up the Republican presidential nomination after the Super Tuesday contests, setting up a repeat election between the two men. The prime time address will give Biden a massive platform before the country, just two days after Trump will speak at Mar-a-Lago following the GOP nominating contests.

The president has spent the weekend cloistered in Camp David with top aides working on his address, which will be laced with election year politics.  

President Joe Biden leaves the White House on Friday to spend the weekend at Camp David, where he was working on his State of the Union address

'President Biden will make the case to continue to build the economy from the bottom up and middle out that has led to record job creation, the strongest economy in the world, increased wages and household wealth, and lower prescription drug and energy costs – instead of the MAGA Republican agenda: rewarding billionaires and corporations with tax breaks, taking away rights and freedoms, and undermining our democracy,' said White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt.

The stark choices facing the U.S. will be the propulsive theme of Biden's third State of the Union speech, his advisers told NBC News.

In his remarks, Biden will ask Americans if they want lower health care costs, democratic freedoms and to keep Ukraine from being swallowed up by Russian leader Vladimir Putin? Or do they want to side with drug company profits, tax breaks for the wealthy and Putin?

The underlying argument will be that Biden is on the right side of these issues, as opposed to Trump.

Biden is also expected to address the war between Israel and Hamas in his remarks.

Many voters are expected to tune into the speech, which is one of the biggest platforms a president gets to speak to Americans. 

'For regular folks who are not following the day-to-day news cycle, this will break through on [Super] Tuesday,' a Biden campaign adviser told NBC. 'There will be a number of Americans who on Tuesday will stop for the first time and really kind of digest that this is going to be Trump versus Biden in November.' 

Trump is expected to sweep a majority of the Republican primary contests on Tuesday. While he may not win enough delegates to have the nomination outright, the math will make it hard for Nikki Haley to come close to him.

Biden's speech will come after Super Tuesday's Republican primaries where Donald Trump (above) is expected to sweep the contests

President Biden at least year's State of the Union address, which takes place in the House of Representatives

Meaning, Biden's speech will come as many voters are finally seeing the 2024 contest as an inevitable repeat of Trump vs. Biden. 

The speech will take place in the House chamber on Capitol Hill and the audience will be filled with Republican lawmakers loyal to Trump. Expect them to try and throw Biden off his game as they did last year.

Biden found himself in an unscripted clash with Republicans, when they heckled him for saying they wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare. 

But, if Biden makes a mistake, stumbles or falls on his way to the dais, that could be a political death sentence. 

After the president's speech, he and his team will spread out across the country to double down on their message.

Biden will go to Pennsylvania and Georgia. Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to  Arizona and Nevada. Other cabinet officials will travel to additional swing states, including Colorado, Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina and Tennessee.