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Heard any Biden jokes? Study of late-night comics finds few

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FILE - In this combination of file photos, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 2020, left, and President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on April 5, 2020. Barring unforeseen disaster, Biden will represent the Democratic Party against Trump this fall, the former vice president's place on the general election ballot cemented Wednesday, April 8, by Bernie Sanders' decision to end his campaign. (AP Photo)

NEW YORK (AP) — From the perspective of late-night comics Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon, there’s really only one candidate running for president.

During September, President Donald Trump was the butt of 97 percent of their jokes, compared to 3 percent for Democrat Joe Biden. That’s from the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University, which says it hasn’t seen this wide a disparity since it began studying the political content of late-night comedy in 1992.

The widest previous disparity came in the 2016 campaign, when Trump was the butt of 78 percent of the jokes compared to rival Hillary Clinton.

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