Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Thursday he hopes he can avoid getting “baited” into a “brawl” with President Trump when the two face off against each other in three general election debates in the coming weeks.

“I’m looking forward to getting on the debate stage with Trump and holding him accountable,” Biden said during a virtual fundraiser?

The first presidential debate is less than three weeks away in Cleveland on Sept.

Biden has accused Trump of being the country's “first” racist president.

During his remarks, Biden slammed the president over the revelations in author Bob Woodward’s new book that shows the president downplayed the severity of the coronavirus to the public at the beginning of the crisis.

“This is a man who lied to the American people,” Biden said, adding that Trump’s “failings have not only cost lives, they’ve cost livelihoods and sent the economy into a tailspin.”.

“I have the distinct pleasure of running against the worst presidential candidate in presidential politics,” Trump said