The 90-minute debate is scheduled for 9pm ET inside a CNN studio in Atlanta, with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash as moderators

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Joe Biden and Donald Trump will hold the first of two scheduled US presidential debates on Thursday, a high-stakes rematch between two well-defined political foes.

The earlier-than-usual confrontation will give both men a chance to make their case for a second-term to what could be one of the largest television – and internet – audiences of the election cycle.

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