Next week, the 2016 presidential campaign heads to late-night TV. Jeb Bush is Stephen Colbert's first guest on The Late Show, which makes its debut Sept. 8, and three days later, on Sept. 11, Jimmy Fallon is having Donald Trump on The Tonight Show. On Sept. 10, Politico reports, Vice President Joe Biden is the headliner on Colbert's new show.
Biden isn't officially running for the Democratic presidential nomination, but of course Politico suggests that appearing on Colbert could be another move to position Biden for a 2016 run, should he decide to enter the race. Trump's performance will probably be entertaining, solemn date notwithstanding — after all, Fallon ticked Chris Christie off enough with a fat joke that he almost walked off the set on Monday. Few people know how tough or interesting an interviewer Colbert will be, though hopes are high. You can watch Fallon's weight joke — and the actually pretty great Christie story he almost never finished — below. Peter Weber
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