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Trump and Biden will address each of those four topics on Sept.
29, as well as discuss the economy and their track records in
six segments scheduled to last 15 minutes apiece, the Commission
on Presidential Debates said in a statement.
This will be the first debate in a presidential campaign season
upended by a pandemic that has complicated plans to hold
in-person voting, killed more than 200,000 Americans and thrown
millions out of work.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death on
Friday of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has rapidly become a major
campaign focus, with the prospect of a 6-3 conservative majority
galvanizing voters in both parties.
Topics were selected by the debate's moderator, Fox News anchor
Chris Wallace.
The matchup will be the candidates' first in-person debate.
Early voting is already under way in several states ahead of the
Nov. 3 election.
The format is intended "to encourage deep discussion of the
leading issues facing the country," the debate organizers said,
adding that subjects could change as news develops.
Trump and Biden will have a limited audience in person due to
the pandemic but are expected to draw millions of viewers to
watch commercial-free on television.
Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic are
hosting the debate on their shared campus in Cleveland. Trump
and Biden are due to debate twice more, on Oct. 15 and 22.
(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt in Wilmington, Delaware; Editing
by Cynthia Osterman)
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