--- title: Joe Biden to Donald Trump: ‘Grow Up. Time to Be an Adult’ description: Vice President Joe Biden said it’s “time” for President-elect Donald Trump to “grow up” and “be an adult” in a new interview. canonical: https://time.com/4624814/joe-biden-donald-trump-grow-up/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-05T22:52:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:34:43.561Z article:section: Politics og:title: Joe Biden to Donald Trump: ‘Grow Up. 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Leigh Vogel—Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 5, 2017 10:52 PM UTC Vice President Joe Biden said it’s [“time” for President-elect Donald Trump to “grow up”](https://twitter.com/NewsHour/status/817130667054133253) and “be an adult” in a new interview set to air Thursday night. Biden flashed a wide smile as he delivered his punches after PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff asked him to comment on a series of recent Trump tweets, including [one](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/816977032433270784) in which he called Sen. Chuck Schumer a “head clown.” “Grow up, Donald. Grow up. Time to be an adult. You’re president,” Biden said, according to a brief video clip the program published on Twitter. “You got to do something. Show us what you have.” > [](https://twitter.com/NewsHour/status/817130667054133253) During the 2016 election campaign, Biden was vocal about his dislike for Trump. In October, Biden suggested he would have [enjoyed a physical fight](http://time.com/4541405/joe-biden-take-donald-trump-behind-gym/) with Trump if the two were both in high school together. “The press always asks me: don’t I wish I were debating him,” Biden said at the time. “No, I wish we were in high school—I could take him behind the gym. That’s what I wish.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4624814/joe-biden-donald-trump-grow-up/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4624814/joe-biden-donald-trump-grow-up/"},"headline":"Joe Biden to Donald Trump: 'Grow Up. 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