Impeachment Trial Brings Biden Awkward Heat, Lucky Timing
- Trump hopes to use Biden’s son to hurt possible 2020 rival
- But Biden’s top Democratic foes will be forced off trail
Joe Biden
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President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial will once again put an uncomfortable spotlight on Joe Biden and his son Hunter, but also offers the former vice president an exceptional opportunity to campaign in a less-crowded field while his biggest rivals are holed up in the Senate chamber.
The trial, which begins in earnest on Tuesday, will keep fellow presidential hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in Washington less than three weeks before the crucial Iowa caucuses. The two progressives, along with fellow Senators Amy Klobuchar and Michael Bennet, had to be in Washington on Thursday to be sworn in as jurors.