US President Joe Biden said he was “happy” to debate Donald Trump, after weeks of uncertainty about whether the two leading candidates in the race for the White House would abide by the tradition of a televised face-off.
In an interview with Howard Stern, the US radio host, on Friday, Biden said he was willing to debate the former Republican president, even though he has dubbed him a threat to the country’s democracy.
“I don’t know when, I am happy to debate him,” Biden told Stern during the interview in New York. Trump and Biden debated each other during the 2020 presidential campaign, as has been the norm for decades, but there have been doubts about their appetite for another round in 2024.