Biden says he's ready for election debate with Trump

US President Joe Biden said connected Friday that helium would beryllium "happy" to look disconnected with Donald Trump successful a statement earlier the November election.

Mr Biden's was responding to a question from Howard Stern during an hour-long interrogation connected outer vigor web SiriusXM.

"I americium blessed to statement him," helium said. "I am, somewhere. I don't cognize when."

Trump run advisor Chis LaCivita responded connected X/Twitter: "Ok, let's acceptable it up!"

Traditionally, election-year statesmanlike debates person been organised by a nonpartisan committee and scheduled successful the autumn.

Last November the committee announced the 3 2024 statesmanlike statement locations - astatine universities successful Texas, Utah and Virginia - with dates acceptable for September and October.

Mr Biden had not committed to those debates earlier his remarks connected Friday, saying successful March that his willingness to look connected a signifier with Mr Trump "depends connected his behaviour".

The president's comments connected Friday came with nary beforehand announcement from his run and whitethorn person been made disconnected the cuff.

In caller weeks, Mr Trump and his run representatives had been pressing Mr Biden to statement earlier and much often than those scheduled by the statement commission.

At a run rally successful Pennsylvania, Mr Trump appeared connected signifier adjacent an bare lectern displaying a placard that "anytime, anywhere, anyplace".

Mr Trump's maneuver represents somewhat of a reversal, arsenic some helium and Republican officials had antecedently accused the statement commission, which besides selects statement moderators, of being biased successful favour of Democrats.

The Republican National Committee withdrew its engagement with the statement committee successful April 2022, raising doubts astir whether the Republican nominee would enactment successful 2024.

The erstwhile president declined to look astatine immoderate of his party's 5 superior debates this predetermination cycle, held betwixt August and January, pointing to his polling pb arsenic grounds that Republican voters intelligibly supported his run and that debates were not necessary.

He went connected to triumph each but 1 of the Republican information contests and became the party's presumptive nominee by March.Mr Biden and Mr Trump debated doubly during the 2020 statesmanlike campaign.

The archetypal was peculiarly contentious, with the then-president often interrupting Mr Biden and statement moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News.

A 3rd statement was scheduled, but Mr Trump withdrew aft it was changed to a virtual lawsuit due to the fact that of Mr Trump's coronavirus diagnosis, which came soon aft the 2nd debate.

The archetypal televised US statesmanlike statement was held betwixt Richard Nixon and John F Kennedy successful 1960 and is mostly credited with helping Kennedy triumph the White House.

Thea 2 large enactment candidates person debated astatine slightest erstwhile each statesmanlike predetermination twelvemonth since 1976.