Joe and Jill Biden Hoping for ‘Swift Recovery’ for Trumps From COVID-19

Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill speak to the press before boarding a train in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 30, 2020. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said in his first reaction to the news of President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis that he’s hoping Trump recovers quickly from the disease.

“Jill and I send our thoughts to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for a swift recovery,” Biden said in a social media statement on Friday morning.