US Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, the Republicans’ presidential nominee, will take the stage for a debate on Tuesday – a key test that pushed US President Joe Biden out of the race just a few weeks ago.
Coming less than two months before Election Day, the match-up was originally supposed to have been the second between Biden and Trump. But Biden stumbled so disastrously in the campaign’s first debate in June that Democratic Party leaders, including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, either asked him to step out of the race or expressed concern about his ability to win.
ABC News’ “World News Tonight” host David Muir and anchor Linsey Davis will moderate the event at the National Constitution Centre, a private non-profit education centre and museum in Philadelphia dedicated to America’s foundational document.
The South China Morning Post will run a live blog throughout the debate.
The debate, which is to start at 9pm ET and run for 90 minutes, offers the candidates a chance to produce a clear lead in a contest that remains too close to call.