Joe Biden responds to criticisms of his record on race US presidential candidate and former Senator Joe Biden opens the Rainbow Push Coalition’s annual civil rights convention in Chicago by addressing his commitment to racial equality. Biden’s record on votes related to bussing children with the aim of racially integrating American schools came under fire Thursday night as Senator Kamala Harris pressed him on the issue during the first Democratic debate of the 2020 election cycle.\\n IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES