Trump, Biden Spar Over Presidential Track Records in First Debate

Rule changes for this debate reduced cross-talking and eliminated audience interruptions, focusing more attention on substance than showmanship.

Former President Donald J. Trump (L) and President Joe Biden (R) during the presidential debate in Atlanta, Ga., on June 27, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

ATLANTA—President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump traded jabs about their presidential accomplishments and offered vastly different visions of the past and future in their first 2024 presidential debate.

The two candidates faced off for 90 minutes, punctuated by two brief commercial breaks, in a closed television studio in Atlanta on June 27.