Joe Biden Joe Biden
Stories About

Joe Biden

Then-presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump debate on Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland. Jim Watson, Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Jim Watson, Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

President Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off Thursday night in Atlanta. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Carlos Osorio/AP

Biden and Trump will debate on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5013579/nx-s1-eec5fb14-20ed-4fa7-9121-37aab974df87" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

In 2016, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, left, and his running mate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence celebrate after accepting the nomination for president at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Christopher Evans/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Christopher Evans/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images

President Biden speaks next to former President Barack Obama onstage during a campaign fundraiser in Los Angeles on June 15, Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is welcomed by Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the G7 Summit on June 13. Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images

Biden at the G7

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5001925/nx-s1-ea6c5f02-e703-473e-a57e-13bcaa387bce" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Whether Biden or Trump wins in November will mean very different things for America's place in the world. Jim Watson/Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Jim Watson/Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

What a second Biden or Trump presidency could mean for American allies and foes

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1198912610/1254080306" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Former President Donald Trump and now-President Biden, as seen on television during the Oct. 22, 2020 presidential debate. Their first debate this year airs on Thursday on CNN. Mario Tama/Getty Images North America hide caption

toggle caption
Mario Tama/Getty Images North America

How Biden is getting ready for his high-stakes debate with former President Trump

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5003136/nx-s1-71d4cdbb-4a33-4105-8517-03cde439b370" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

President Biden visits the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery to pay his tribute to fallen US soldiers of the World War I, in Belleau, Northern France, on June 9, 2024. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

toggle caption
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images/AFP

Biden visits a military cemetery that Trump reportedly said was 'filled with losers'

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-4993699/nx-s1-bed718ce-b09c-450d-b7f1-4bb3ddb4486d" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

A notable chunk of people say they don't want to vote for either Donald Trump or Joe Biden in November, according to recent polling. Brendan Smialowskijim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Brendan Smialowskijim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

The 'double disapprovers' could decide the election. Here's what they have to say

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1198912549/1253845993" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

President Biden's campaign is ramping up efforts to reach out to Republicans who don't want to support former President Donald Trump — including supporters of former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images

World War II veteran Gene Kleindl, age 102, from Rockford, Ill., receives a kiss from Chantell Boivin while leaving the Normandy American Cemetery on June 4 in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Kleindl, a medic in the U.S. Army's 90th Infantry Division, arrived on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Win McNamee/Getty Images

To mark D-Day, Biden will deliver a defense of democracy that hits on campaign themes

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-4950139/nx-s1-1b917df7-9564-4442-bb3b-63aff39779d9" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Hundreds of migrants set up camp on the Rio Grande, waiting for Texas National Guard agents to let them enter the border wall in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on March 20, 2024. In the improvised camp there are infants and women, who sleep a few meters from gate 36 with the hope of being able to pass the knife fence. (Photo by Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images/Anadolu hide caption

toggle caption
Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images/Anadolu

President Biden greets supporters and volunteers during a campaign event at Mary Mac's Tea Room in Atlanta on May 18. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

In Georgia, Biden’s coalition has frayed since his narrow win in 2020

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-4841155/1251647666" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

President Biden greets Kenya's President William Ruto at the South Portico of the White House on May 22. The two leaders met with a group of tech CEOs the day before the official state visit. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

toggle caption
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images/AFP

Earlier this month, President Biden spoke about protests that have roiled many U.S. college campuses. Among their demands is for the Israeli military to leave Gaza. Biden said students have a right to protest but not to be disruptive. He is set to speak at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images

Family members of plaintiffs in the historic Brown v. Board of Education met with President Biden to mark the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Susan Walsh/AP

From left: Harrison Butker, a slug, JoJo Siwa Jason Hanna/Getty Images; Vicky Barlow/@thehidephotography; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Jason Hanna/Getty Images; Vicky Barlow/@thehidephotography; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

The offices of Resource Center Matamoros. The nonprofit works with asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. Verónica Gabriela Cárdenas for NPR hide caption

toggle caption
Verónica Gabriela Cárdenas for NPR

How a migrant aid group got caught up in a right-wing social media thread

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1198912276/1251673805" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

In this file photo from 2020, President Biden and then-President Donald Trump participate in the second and final presidential debate of that election. Morry Gash/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Morry Gash/AP