Moderator Susan Page of USA Today will also be seated 12 feet from the candidates, the Commission on Presidential Debates said.
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden exchange points during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. Pence and Harris will not have to wear masks onstage, but they will have to be tested for coronavirus prior to the debate. Trump tested positive for COVID-19 a few days after the debate. His team was in charge of testing him and was also "required to certify" to the Cleveland Clinic that the president had recently tested negative.