(Updated Oct. 19, 2020) President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden were scheduled to hold three debates, and Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, had one scheduled debate.

But controversy about the Commission on Presidential Debates attempting to move the second Trump-Biden debate to a virtual format, sparked by the president contracting the coronavirus, resulted in the cancellation of the second debate. Instead, the candidates hosted dueling town hall events on ABC and NBC.