In more-civil debate, Biden still on defense

Joe Biden was able to get a word in edgewise in his second and final debate against President Trump. But even with the help of changed debate rules that muted each candidate’s microphone during the debate, the former vice president often found himself on defense.

Thursday’s debate had far fewer interruptions from Trump — a dynamic that dominated the first debate. And in what was an apparent attempt to get ahead of expected attacks from Trump on the topic of emails found on the laptop purportedly belonging to his son Hunter Biden and given to media outlets by Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Joe Biden raised the topic himself.