Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images; Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off on Tuesday in the first debate of the 2020 campaign season. In all, the event featured a constant stream of false claims, misinformation, and conspiracy theories, most of which came from the president as he shouted over Biden and the Fox News host Chris Wallace, who attempted to moderate the debate. Scroll down for a real-time fact check of the event. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden's highly anticipated debate from its outset descended into bickering and hard-to-follow barrages of false claims, misinformation, and conspiracy theories, most of which came from Trump.CNN's Dana Bash described the debate as a "s--tshow" after it was over.