Biden’s Latest Coronavirus Test Is Negative

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden walks to board his campaign plane at New Castle Airport in New Castle, Del., on Oct. 8, 2020. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

WASHINGTON—Joe Biden’s presidential campaign says the Democratic nominee tested negative for COVID-19.

It’s at least the fifth time Biden has tested negative since President Donald Trump confirmed that he had contracted the coronavirus.

Biden is campaigning in Arizona on Thursday. Trump remains at the White House.

President Donald Trump walks out of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to return to the White House in Bethesda, Md. on Oct. 5, 2020. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)

The president’s illness helped cast the remaining presidential debates into doubt. The Commission on Presidential Debates said the Oct. 15 town hall debate would be virtual. Trump refused to participate and proposed pushing back that debate and the third debate originally scheduled for Oct. 22.

Biden’s campaign rejected that idea. The commission will make the final determination.

Biden said earlier this week there should be no in-person debates as long as Trump still has the virus.