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#AskVP: Vice President Biden Answers Your Questions on College Affordability

Summary: 
Vice President Biden answered your questions on Twitter.

In his first #AskVP chat on Twitter, Vice President Biden answered your questions about college affordability and discussed how the Obama Administration is tackling rising costs. To kick things off, the Vice President tweeted, "College costs high. Debt burdensome. Help needed. That's why I'm here. Fire away. Use #AskVP -vp." He responded to nearly twenty questions with the hashtag #AskVP and covered topics including student loan debt, rising college costs and the emphasis on higher education in the proposed budget. 

Check out the full question and answer session below, or on Storify. Be sure to follow @VP on Twitter for the latest news from the Vice President's Office and upcoming chances to #AskVP. 

Biden Twitter College Affordability

Vice President Biden answers questions on college affordability during a Twitter chat using the hashtag #AskVP. April 3, 2012. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)