2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will be tested for the coronavirus after President Trump confirmed he has COVID-19.
The nominees, both considered vulnerable to the worst of the respiratory illness given they’re in their 70s, went head-to-head for 90 minutes in their opening debate Tuesday in Cleveland. Stringent measures were in place for the meeting, but some audience members, most notably Trump’s family, flouted guidance regarding masks.
The former two-term vice president and 36-year Delaware senator has been traveling with a so-called protective pool of reporters since Labor Day. His team has asked a few journalists and TV crews who were with Trump recently not to join his swing through Michigan Thursday, but it’s still unknown whether his events in Grand Rapids will proceed as planned.
Once reticent to take frequent tests without exhibiting symptoms, a mitigation strategy adopted by the White House, the Biden campaign introduced a testing program after public pressure.
