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May 19, 2014 / 1:53 PM

Teenage girl who asked VP Joe Biden to prom invited to White House

Teenage girl to Biden: "I could only tolerate a high school dance if I was to be escorted by the most delightful man in America."

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden makes his remarks in the shadow of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis on May 13, 2014. Biden visited the construction site that will improve access to the Gateway Arch. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden makes his remarks in the shadow of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis on May 13, 2014. Biden visited the construction site that will improve access to the Gateway Arch. UPI/Bill Greenblatt | License Photo

WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- A teenage girl in Connecticut who sent a letter to Vice President Joe Biden asking him to her senior prom is going to the White House to meet her political crush in person.

17-year-old Talia Maselli was not planning to attend her senior prom, but last fall sent a letter to the Vice President's office saying she would if the popular politico would be her date.

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"I am inviting you so far in advance because I'm sure many 17-year-old girls send you prom invitations, and I had to beat them to it," Maselli wrote. "I could only tolerate a high school dance if I was to be escorted by the most delightful man in America."

Months later, she was shocked to receive a handwritten note and corsage from Vice President Biden.

"I am flattered, but my schedule will not permit me to be in Connecticut on Friday evening," Biden's note read. "But I hope you will accept this corsage and enjoy your prom as much as I did mine."

Biden went on to invite Maselli to the White House, a trip that will probably occur July.

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"I was never really looking forward to going to prom," Maselli told the Hartford Courant. "I'm looking forward to going to Washington D.C."

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