Joe Biden and Donald Trump Presidential Debate Set for June on CNN and Max

CNN will host an election debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump ahead of this year’s presidential election, the company announced Wednesday.

The debate will take place on June 27at 9 p.m. ETin CNN’s Atlanta studios. It will air live on CNN, CNN International, CNN en Español, CNN Max and CNN.

There will not be an audience present “to ensure candidatesmay maximize the time allotted in the debate,” CNN said in a release. The moderators will be announced at a later date. This will be the first debate between Biden and Trump ahead of the 2024 election, where Trump is seeking to return to the White House.

CNN’s CEO Mark Thompson simultaneously announced the news at the Warner Bros. Discovery upfront presentation Wednesday morning, saying Biden and Trump had agreed to the debate while the upfront was happening.

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“Earlier this morning, I wrote to President Biden and former President Donald Trump inviting both of them to take part in a presidential debate to be broadcast and streamed on CNN from Atlanta on the 27th of June,” Thompson told the crowd. “And while this upfront has been taking place, we’ve received word from both candidates that they’ve accepted the invitation. So we’re set for the first presidential election debate of 2024. When people have something important to say, they say it on CNN.”

Earlier in the morning, Biden posted a video on X prodding Trump to debate him. In it, Biden made fun of Trump’s ongoing criminal trial for hush money payments, referencing how Trump’s trial skips meeting on Wednesday.

“Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate. Now, he’s acting like he wants to debate me again. Well, make my day, pal. I’ll even do it twice. So let’s pick the dates, Donald. I heard you’re free on Wednesdays.”