President Joe Biden and Republican former President Donald Trump will face off tonight in the first televised debate of the election year.
This marks the first of two agreed-upon debates in which the candidates will go head-to-head in a moderated discussion on national television.
When is the Biden v Trump debate?
CNN will host the first debate, which gets started this evening at 9 pm ET (1am GMT). It is expected that ABC will host the second debate in September.
This debate comes unusually early in the year, before either candidate is officially named as the nominee of his respective party.
It airs two weeks before Trump is sentenced for his New York conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
It also comes at the end of the Supreme Court’s term, which will include a ruling on whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution for his role in the Capitol insurrection of January 6 2021.
Where to watch the debate
Tonight’s event will air live on CNN and will be streamed to CNN International, CNN Max and the CNN website.
It can also be viewed through any subscription service carrying CNN such as DirecTV Stream, fuboTV, Sling TV, Spectrum TV, Youtube TV and Hulu with Live TV.