The 2020 election could easily be a fight between 2 teetotalers

Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
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It's no secret President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden don't like each other.

They've threatened to beat each other up, argued over who is more youthful (well, at least one of them did), and could soon face off in the 2020 general election if Biden manages to win the Democratic nomination, which is certainly within the realm of possibility.

But despite their differences, Trump and Biden would probably get along at parties — in a different world, at least. Neither man consumes alcohol.

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Trump famously said the only wine he ever drinks is "the little wine" at church, while Biden is quite frank about the fact that his family's history with battling alcoholism deters him from imbibing.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.