Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking during the second and final presidential debate Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. ( AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called former New York City Mayor and Trump ally Rudy Giuliani "a Russian pawn" during Thursday's debate. In recent weeks, Giuliani has played a large role in pushing out controversial and unverified information oabout the business dealings of Hunter Biden, one of Joe Biden's children. Biden seemed to be referring to a Washington Post report that Russian intelligence agencies focused on Giuliani as a top target to push their preferred narrative.