--- title: Donald Trump Would 'Love' to Fight Joe Biden description: The Republican nominee said he would take on Joe Biden, after the Vice President said last week that he would take Trump "behind the gym." canonical: https://time.com/4545879/donald-trump-joe-biden-fight/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-26T12:21:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:48.139Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Would 'Love' to Fight Joe Biden og:description: Called the Vice President 'Mr Tough Guy' og:url: https://time.com/4545879/donald-trump-joe-biden-fight/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81218a12cca62299/6988ab91196cf4d03103db2c/gettyimages-617992394.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign rally at the Million Air Orlando, which is at Orlando Sanford International Airport on October 25, 2016 in Sanford, Florida. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Would 'Love' to Fight Joe Biden twitter:description: Called the Vice President 'Mr Tough Guy' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81218a12cca62299/6988ab91196cf4d03103db2c/gettyimages-617992394.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'I'd Love That.' 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Biden said last week he'd love to take the Republican nominee 'behind the gym'_ by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 26, 2016 12:21 PM UTC by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 26, 2016 12:21 PM UTC Donald Trump has said [he would “love” to fight Joe Biden](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/trump-fight-biden-230316), after the Vice President suggested last week that he would rough up the Republican nominee. “Did you see where Biden wants to take me to the back of the barn? Me. He wants to. I’d love that. I’d love that. Mr. Tough Guy,” Trump told supporters at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum on Tuesday, according to _Politico_. While campaigning for Hillary Clinton on Friday, Biden [suggested he would take Trump “behind the gym”](http://time.com/4541405/joe-biden-take-donald-trump-behind-gym/) if given the chance. “The press always asks me: Don’t I wish I were debating him?” Biden said in Pennsylvania last week. ”No, I wish I were in high school, I could take him behind the gym. That’s what I wish.” Biden clarified the remark on Monday during an appearance in Toledo, Ohio. “If I were in high school … I want to make it clear I understand what assault is. I’m not in high school. If I were in high school,” Biden said before [punching one fist into the other palm](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/21/politics/joe-biden-fight-donald-trump-2016-election/), according to CNN. Trump responded Tuesday by saying if it were him that made the same remarks, he would have faced harsher criticism. “If I said that, they’d say: ‘He’s violent. 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