Appearing Tuesday on CNN’s The Lead, 2020 White House candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden argued that July’s Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee should still take place despite the coronavirus epidemic.

Presidential candidate Joe Biden shares how he's following the coronavirus protocol with his grandchildren. "They sit out in the backyard and we sit on the porch and I bribe them with ice cream… but I'm not able to go down and hug them and kiss them which I usually do." pic.twitter.com/LhIUMFUZH3 — The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) March 24, 2020

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