Biden live updates: ‘I’m the best qualified person’: Biden stands firm with re-election bid in peril

A reporter asks Biden again if he believes he will be able to deal with Putin and Xi two or three years from now, if he wins re-election.

I’m ready to deal with them now, and three years from now,” he says.

“Look, like I said, I’m dealing with Xi right now. I’m in direct contact with him.

“I have no good reason to talk to Putin right now,” he adds, noting that this is because Putin has shown no willingness to “accommodate change in his behaviour”.

“There isn’t any world leader that I’m not prepared to deal with,” he says.

“I’m not ready to talk to Putin unless Putin is ready to change his behaviour.”

He goes on to say that Russia “lies like hell” about the war in Ukraine, and has already lost 350,000 troops in combat.

“I’m ready to talk to any leader that wants to talk, including Putin,” he says.