Terry Prone: As Trump smirks, Biden needs to keep smile and one-liners going

Voters want candidates who smile, not smirk, and look like they’re enjoying what they do

President Donald Trump smirks during the first debate with Democratic presidential candidate former vice president Joe Biden. AP Photo/Julio Cortez

Long before he became ill, US president Donal Trump lost the ability to smile. He did that closed-mouth, one-sided conspiratorial smirk when in front of a crowd. But the overwhelming majority of pictures taken of him in the last year portray him as furious, sneering, or grim.

I earned my living for a while as a 'stringer' press photographer for an English newspaper, and when photographing famous people, in common with the other snappers, always looked for three shots: The Smiley. The Serious.