Biden adviser says White House has not reached out on Covid tracing as Trump team continue attacks on Twitter
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A top aide to Joe Biden has said that nobody from the Trump campaign or administration has reached out to the vice president or his team to help establish who may have been infected at last week’s debate. Vice president Biden was always more than six feet away from president Trump.” It has still not been made clear when Mr Trump is thought to have been infected, if that is indeed known. While Mr Biden’s campaign announced they would suspend their negative TV ads attacking the president after his diagnosis, Trump campaign spokespeople have not responded in kind. While the Biden campaign announced its decision to pull the ads on Friday, some were still running over the weekend, and as several members of the Trump media team pointed out, certain Facebook negative ads launched before the president was hospitalised continued to appear.