President Joe Biden said Friday during a one-on-one interview with radio host Howard Stern that he is willing to debate Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
“I am, somewhere, I don’t know when, but I am happy to debate him,” Biden said in the interview.
Biden and his campaign have deflected in recent months on the question of a debate. When asked in February about Trump’s calls for debate, Biden merely said, “If I were him, I’d want him to debate me, too. He’s got nothing else to do.”
In response to Biden’s remark on Friday, a Trump campaign adviser, Chris LaCivita, said in a post to X, “Ok let’s set it up!”
The president’s new openness for the debate comes after Trump has been advocating for a chance to go head-to-head with Biden on stage.
Despite Trump’s refusal to participate in any of the Republican primary debates, he said inan all-capitals post on his social media site in March that he is willing to debate Biden “anytime, anywhere and anyplace.”
A dozen major news organizations also urged the two rivals in joint statement earlier this month to commit to debating one another.
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