Biden campaign agrees to VP debate on CBS

The Biden campaign has accepted an invitation from CBS News for Vice President Kamala Harris to debate Donald Trump’s running mate, whoever that ends up being, a campaign official said.When that debate will take place is to be determined, though there are two dates on the table: July 23 and August 13.

The campaign official said all of the guidelines sent for the presidential debates would apply to the vice presidential contest and that they “look forward to the Trump campaign accepting one of these dates so that the full debate calendar for this campaign can be set.”

A Trump campaign official, granted anonymity to discuss the matter, told POLITICO they knew about the invite but had yet to make a decision.  

Trump has not yet settled on a running mate, though with the RNC convention slated for mid July, he will have done so prior to the earliest possible vice presidential debate opportunity.

On Wednesday, both President Joe Biden and Trump agreed to two debates hosted by CNN and ABC News — the former in late June, the latter in mid-September.