Tax Returns Become a Late Addition to Trump-Biden Debate Stage
- Biden to draw distinction ‘between Park Avenue and Scranton’
- Trump welcomes topic of taxes to say Biden will raise them
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Donald Trump and Joe Biden kick off their first debate Tuesday with contentious topics like the Supreme Court and the coronavirus pandemic suddenly joined by yet another potentially explosive question -- whether the president ducked paying his taxes.
Trump got elected in 2016 after boasting about paying little income tax, but Washington -- and the candidates -- are focused on a New York Times report that Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017.