WASHINGTON – The second presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will take place virtually amid the fallout from the president’s diagnosis of COVID-19.The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates debates made the announcement Thursday morning, a week before the two were scheduled to face on in Miami.
The candidates will “participate from separate remote locations,” while the participants and moderator remain in Miami, the commission said.Trump was diagnosed with the coronavirus a week ago and said he looked forward to debating Biden on stage in Miami, saying, “It will be great!”Biden, for his part, said he and Trump “shouldn’t have a debate” as long as the president remains COVID.