Next Biden-Trump presidential debate will be in September on ABC

David Muir and Linsey Davis will serve as moderators for the Sept. 10 debate.

ByIvan Pereira
June 27, 2024, 10:43 PM

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are scheduled to square off again on the debate stage in September.

This combination of pictures shows President Donald Trump and Democratic Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., on Oct. 22, 2020.
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ABC News will host the Sept. 10 debate, with "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir and ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis serving as moderators.

More information on the debate, including the rules, location, staging and format, will be revealed closer to the date.

Joe Biden, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, right, and President Donald Trump speak during the U.S. presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, Oct. 22, 2020.
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The ABC News qualifications for debate include receiving at least 15% in four separate national polls of registered or likely voters that meet ABC's standards for reporting, appearing on a sufficient number of state ballots to reach the 270 electoral vote threshold to win the presidency prior to the eligibility deadline, and agreeing to accept the rules and format of the debate.

ABC News' offices previously hosted two debates in 1960 between then-Vice President Richard Nixon and then-Sen. John F. Kennedy. The first was a split-screen televised debate on Oct. 13, 1960, filmed at ABC News' New York and Los Angeles studios. Another debate between Kennedy and Nixon took place at ABC News' New York studios on Oct. 21, 1960.

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