While certain details need to be worked out, it appears that the Democratic and Republican candidates will face off twice, on June 27 and September 10. Usually, the debates take place in September and October.
Mr. Trump got what he wanted after demanding a debate “anytime, anywhere” for months. Meanwhile, Mr. Biden had the authority to determine the terms of their encounters.
Now that we have a notion of the agreed-upon terms, let’s take a deeper look at how the discussions could help or hurt the two campaigns.
Biden takes the plunge.
The president had been hesitant about whether he would ever debate his Republican opponent. However, if he had passed, he would have become the first president since Richard Nixon in 1972 to skip the debate process entirely.
