--- description: Vice President Joe Biden wants to take on Donald Trump—and not on a debate stage. title: Joe Biden Wishes He Could Take Donald Trump 'Behind the Gym' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbd98fbf9539efc4/6988ab2597cdff22be6ae47a/joe-biden-donald-trump-behind-the-gym.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Joe Biden Wishes He Could Take Donald Trump 'Behind the Gym'  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 21, 2016 9:01 PM CUT  Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, in Nashua, N.H. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, in Nashua, N.H.Jim Cole—AP  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 21, 2016 9:01 PM CUT Vice President Joe Biden [wants to take on](http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/10/21/biden-i-d-take-trump-behind-the-gym.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl "undefined") Donald Trump—and not on a debate stage. During [a speech](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/joe-biden-wishes-he-was-in-high-school-so-he-could-take-out-donald-trump-behind-a-gym-a7374651.html "undefined") at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania on Friday while campaigning for Hillary Clinton, Biden addressed Trump’s [aggressive and lewd remarks](http://time.com/4523755/donald-trump-leaked-tape-impact/ "undefined") about women from a recently leaked 2005 video. He said Trump’s “disgusting assertion” that he could grope and kiss women because he was famous was the “textbook definition of sexual assault”—and Biden had an idea for conveying his disapproval. “The press always asks me: don’t I wish I were debating him,” Biden said. “No, I wish we were in high school—I could take him behind the gym. That’s what I wish.” > [](https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/789553337712664576) The crowd approved: there was collective cheer of “yeaaah” after Biden delivered the line. \[[_The Daily Beast_](http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/10/21/biden-i-d-take-trump-behind-the-gym.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4541405/joe-biden-take-donald-trump-behind-gym/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4541405/joe-biden-take-donald-trump-behind-gym/"},"headline":"Joe Biden Wishes He Could Take Donald Trump 'Behind the Gym'","datePublished":"2016-10-21T21:01:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:21:19.188Z","description":"The Vice President had a strong reaction to Trump's remarks on women","url":"https://time.com/4541405/joe-biden-take-donald-trump-behind-gym/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbd98fbf9539efc4/6988ab2597cdff22be6ae47a/joe-biden-donald-trump-behind-the-gym.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbd98fbf9539efc4/6988ab2597cdff22be6ae47a/joe-biden-donald-trump-behind-the-gym.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"joe biden donald trump behind the gym","caption":"joe biden donald trump behind the gym","creditText":"Jim Cole—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4541405/joe-biden-take-donald-trump-behind-gym/","name":"Joe Biden Wishes He Could Take Donald Trump 'Behind the Gym'"}}]}] ```