<p><span>Last week, former </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/28/biden-agenda">Vice-President Joe Biden</a><span> announced his candidacy for the 2020 Presidential race. He has an early lead in polls, but several women have come forward to accuse him of inappropriate behavior, and he is facing renewed scrutiny for how, as a senator, he handled<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-joe-biden-hasnt-owned-up-to-about-anita-hill">Anita Hill’s testimony</a><span> during Clarence Thomas’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, in 1991. </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/jane-mayer">Jane Mayer</a><span> and </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/evan-osnos">Evan Osnos</a><span> join Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the first Presidential campaign of the #MeToo era.</span></p>
Last week, former Vice-President Joe Biden announced his candidacy for the 2020 Presidential race. He has an early lead in polls, but several women have come forward to accuse him of inappropriate behavior, and he is facing renewed scrutiny for how, as a senator, he handled Anita Hill’s testimony during Clarence Thomas’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, in 1991. Jane Mayer and Evan Osnos join Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the first Presidential campaign of the #MeToo era.