WASHINGTON – Joe Biden is set to join Senate Democrats for an online lunch, returning virtually to the place that fostered his political career as he fields questions from allies on the race for the White House and the down-ballot effort to wrest the Senate's majority control from Republicans.The event Thursday will be a homecoming, of sorts, for the former U.S.
senator now the party's presidential nominee. Yet it takes place at a grave moment with the COVID-19 crisis and economic distress ahead of an election like no other.
While a welcome former colleague, Biden will likely face tough questions about his strategy to defeat President Donald Trump.Biden is on offense this week over the president's handling of the coronavirus crisis.