Donald Trump and Joe Biden trade insults in opening election debate

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden debate in Cleveland, Ohio (Patrick Semansky/AP)

US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden attacked and interrupted each other during the first 2020 presidential debate as they discussed the coronavirus pandemic, job losses and the Supreme Court.

Fittingly for a debate amid a bitter campaign, the two men frequently interrupted each other with angry interjections, with Mr Biden eventually snapping at Mr Trump saying “Will you shut up, man?”