--- title: Joe Biden: I Wish I Could Take Donald Trump Behind the Gym description: Vice President Joe Biden wants to take on Donald Trump—and not on a debate stage. canonical: https://time.com/4541405/joe-biden-take-donald-trump-behind-gym/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-21T21:01:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:51:36.775Z article:section: Politics og:title: Joe Biden Wishes He Could Take Donald Trump 'Behind the Gym' og:description: The Vice President had a strong reaction to Trump's remarks on women og:url: https://time.com/4541405/joe-biden-take-donald-trump-behind-gym/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: 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=16:9 og:image:width: 2457 og:image:height: 1382 og:image:alt: joe biden donald trump behind the gym og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Joe Biden Wishes He Could Take Donald Trump 'Behind the Gym' twitter:description: The Vice President had a strong reaction to Trump's remarks on women twitter:image: 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=16:9 ---  # Joe Biden Wishes He Could Take Donald Trump 'Behind the Gym' > Sponsored content. 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During a speech at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania on Friday while campaigning for Hillary Clinton, Biden addressed Trump’s aggressive and lewd remarks about women from a recently leaked 2005 video._  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Oct 21, 2016 9:01 PM UTC During a speech at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania on Friday while campaigning for Hillary Clinton, Biden addressed Trump’s aggressive and lewd remarks about women from a recently leaked 2005 video.  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Oct 21, 2016 9:01 PM UTC 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) 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) 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/) 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. \[[_The Daily Beast_](http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/10/21/biden-i-d-take-trump-behind-the-gym.html)\] ```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":"2026-10-07T06:51:36.775Z","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","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":"https://time.com/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/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'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Joe Biden Wishes He Could Take Donald Trump ‘Behind the Gym’","description":"During a speech at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania on Friday while campaigning for Hillary Clinton, Biden addressed Trump’s aggressive and lewd remarks about women from a recently leaked 2005 video.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/9GoY7mQ0/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-10-21T21:31:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9GoY7mQ0.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4541405/joe-biden-take-donald-trump-behind-gym/","duration":"PT1M2S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4541405/joe-biden-take-donald-trump-behind-gym/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```