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Former Vice President Joe Biden has all but cemented his status as the Democratic Party’s candidate to run against President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Though Biden’s campaign has spent weeks criticizing Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and released proposals that position the former VP as uniquely prepared to govern through such a crisis — given his H1N1 experience — the two political rivals spoke on the phone Monday.
Trump described the talk as a “really wonderful, warm conversation” about the pandemic, which included Biden offering suggestions to address the virus now spreading in the U.S., according to the Associated Press.
“We’ve been through this in a slightly different way in the past, and I hope they can learn some lessons from what we did right and maybe what we did wrong,” Biden said during a virtual media briefing, referring to the H1N1 outbreak and Ebola epidemic. He described how he “helped lead” the Obama administration’s responses to those viral crises in the early 2010s.
The conversation was the result of White House adviser Kellyanne Conway calling on Biden to “offer some support” to Trump, according to AP. Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s campaign manager, added that the former vice president also took the opportunity to express “appreciation for the spirit of the American people in meeting the challenges facing the nation.”
Though Biden has emerged as the Democratic Party’s frontrunner, he is still competing in several presidential primary against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The pair will next contend for delegates in Wisconsin, a state holding to its originally scheduled primary day of April 7.
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