Former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenPelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Hillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns Fox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio MORE was criticized after The New York Times reported he was the only candidate vying for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination to decline "repeated requests" to take part in a survey.

"The New York Times reached out to 22 Democratic presidential candidates to ask them the same set of questions on video. Twenty-one accepted the invitation," the publication reported on Wednesday.

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“Joseph R. Biden Jr. declined to participate despite repeated requests since late April," it adds.

The 18 questions asked to each of the candidates who participated include:

"In an ideal world, would anyone own handguns?"

"Would your focus be improving the Affordable Care Act or replacing it with single payer?"

"Do you think it’s possible for the next president to stop climate change?"

"Who is your hero, and why?"

"How many hours of sleep do you get a night?"

"Do you think illegal immigration is a major problem in the United States?"

"Do you think President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE has committed crimes in office?"

"Are you open to expanding the size of the Supreme Court?"

"What is your comfort food on the campaign trail?"

"Does anyone deserve to have a billion dollars?"

The newspaper's communications team in a tweet compared the questions to those presented during a "job interview."

"[The New York Times] spent three months tracking down 21 of the candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for president and asked them the same 18 questions. It was like a job interview — on camera — to learn why they believe they should lead the United States," reads the tweet.

There are a lot of Democrats running for U.S. president. It’s confusing, we know. That’s why we tracked down 21 of them and asked them the same 18 questions. They agree on a lot, but from income equality to climate change, there were telling differences https://t.co/f3JynQqGlp — The New York Times (@nytimes) June 19, 2019

Biden was taken to task for avoiding the survey by several members of the media on Twitter.

21 Dem candidates responded to the same set of NYT questions.



Joe Biden declined to, despite repeated inquiries since April.



Why?https://t.co/HoolgEbNCu — Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) June 19, 2019

Mesmerizing.



18 Questions.



21 Democrats.



Here’s What They Said.



(Except Joe Biden; he declined to participate).https://t.co/TTlNFoka6B pic.twitter.com/9Ze96wBsM5 — Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) June 19, 2019

This is spectacular actually.



The 21 leading Democrats running for President (except for Joe Biden - he refused to participate) were asked the same set of questions.



How they display the answers is brilliant.



And yeah, Biden really refused to participate. https://t.co/LfxTW9W2Il — Shaun King (@shaunking) June 19, 2019

Does Biden not have answers to these questions? Would love to know the reason why he declined to participate. https://t.co/meuxWS4Peg — Jackie Alemany (@JaxAlemany) June 19, 2019

This terrific @nytimes feature — 21 of the Democratic candidates answering a bunch of smart questions on camera — is worth your time. It was apparently not worth Joe Biden’s — he’s the only major candidate who declined multiple requests to participate ‍♂️ https://t.co/dTFoFOuEf9 — Dan Saltzstein (@dansaltzstein) June 19, 2019

The Hill has reached out to the Biden campaign for comment.