Former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenThe Memo: Warning signs flash for Trump on debates Senate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden National postal mail handlers union endorses Biden MORE referred to "Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace Christopher (Chris) WallaceThe Memo: Warning signs flash for Trump on debates Sunny Hostin slams 'misogynistic, racist, homophobic' Joe Rogan after his offer to moderate debate Fox News host says network 'not committed' to weekly segment after Trump mentions it MORE as "Chuck" on Sunday during the 2020 presidential candidate's first interview with Wallace in 13 years.

“Mr. Vice President, thank you. Thanks for your time. Please come back in less than 13 years, sir," Wallace said as the interview ended.

“All right, Chuck. Thank you very much," Biden replied.

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“All right, it’s Chris, but anyway," an amused Wallace said.

"Chris, I just did Chris. No, no, I just did Chuck. I tell you what, man, these are back-to-back," Biden replied. "Anyway, I can do it early in the morning too. ”

At the end of his interview w/ Chris Wallace, Joe Biden boasts that he’s not “sleepy,” then thanks “Chuck” for the questions



“It’s Chris, but anyway.”



"No, I just did Chuck. I tell you what, man, these are back-to-back, anyway, I don’t know how you do it early in the AM" pic.twitter.com/jOx7jKnCh9 — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 1, 2020

Biden was active on the Sunday morning talk show circuit following his decisive win in the South Carolina primary, his first of the 2020 campaign season after underperforming in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada. Included in his media tour was an interview with "Meet the Press" moderator Chuck Todd Charles (Chuck) David ToddSunday shows - Trump team defends coronavirus response Strzok: 'I continue to believe that Donald Trump is compromised by the Russians' GOP chair defends Trump messaging on masks: 'To say that he should have known then what we know now isn't really fair' MORE on NBC.

The former vice president faces an uphill battle against Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Schumer, Sanders call for Senate panel to address election security MORE (I-Vt.) Super Tuesday, however. The self-described democratic socialist is leading is delegate-rich states including California.