It’s been easy to forget about Joe Biden. After all, it’s been weeks since he last participated in a presidential debate or has even been able to hold a campaign event. When he has appeared in television interviews from isolation at home, the former vice president has often seemed like an afterthought, given the onslaught of news about the coronavirus epidemic.

It makes sense that given the spread of the virus and its crippling effect on the economy, that public attention has focused on learning the latest information about when and how there could be a way out.