US President Joe Biden said on Friday that he would be "happy" to face off with Donald Trump in a debate before the November election.

Axar.az reports that Mr Biden was responding to a question from Howard Stern during an hour-long interview on the satellite radio network SiriusXM.

"I am happy to debate him," he said. "I am, somewhere. I don't know when."

Trump campaign adviser Chis LaCivita responded on X/Twitter: "Ok, let's set it up!"

Traditionally, election-year presidential debates have been organized by a nonpartisan commission and scheduled in the autumn.

Last November the commission announced the three 2024 presidential debate locations - at universities in Texas, Utah, and Virginia - with dates set for September and October.

Mr. Biden had not committed to those debates before his remarks on Friday, saying in March that his willingness to appear on a stage with Mr. Trump "depends on his behavior".

The president's comments on Friday came with no advance notice from his campaign and may have been made off the cuff.

In recent weeks, Mr. Trump and his campaign representatives had been pressing Mr Biden to debate earlier and more often than those scheduled by the debate commission.