President Joe Biden said Friday he would be “happy” to participate in a general election debate with former President Donald Trump, making a surprise comment after months of pressure from the Trump campaign and television networks. 

The president, appearing in a surprise interview Friday with radio host Howard Stern, said, when asked if he’d debate Trump that it will happen “somewhere, I don’t know when, but I am happy to debate him,” reports The New York Times. 

His comments came while Trump was in a Manhattan court, where his criminal trial on falsifying business records continues.

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