Biden and Trump to face off in first US presidential debate: What to know
Al Jazeera
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are going head-to-head in first debate ahead of November’s hotly contested US election.
They have traded barbs for months, but Joe Biden and Donald Trump will soon get a chance to go head-to-head as the United States gears up for the first debate of the 2024 presidential election campaign.
The presumptive Democratic and Republican party nominees will take the debate stage in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday evening, less than five months before the vote on November 5.
Opinion polls show President Biden and ex-President Trump remain locked in a tight race that experts say could come down to a handful of key swing states.
Here’s what you need to know about the debate and its potential impact on the campaign.
Biden, the Democratic incumbent, and his Republican challenger Trump are going up against each other for the first time in the 2024 election cycle. They last debated each other on October 22, 2020, as part of that year’s presidential race.
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