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Former Vice President Joe Biden officially joined the Democratic 2020 presidential race on Thursday, immediately becoming not only a front runner alongside Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, but the punchline of a few late-night jokes.

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00:00But if we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will forever and

00:04fundamentally alter the character of this nation.

00:08Former Vice President Joe Biden officially joined the Democratic 2020 presidential

00:12race on Thursday, immediately becoming not only a front-runner alongside Vermont

00:16Senator Bernie Sanders, but the punchline of a few late-night jokes.

00:19On NBC's Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon couldn't resist making a crack about the

00:23claims made by several women that Biden had touched them inappropriately, albeit not

00:27sexually, when listing the type of merchandise already available on Biden's campaign website.

00:32Joe Biden mugs, his Biden pins, Biden tote bags, and of course, Biden massagers.

00:38And it's just…

00:39Next, Fallon mocked Biden for getting a little distracted at a pizza parlor in Delaware as

00:43he began his campaign trail.

00:45Fallon showed footage of Biden talking to reporters outside of the restaurant before breaking off

00:49mid-sentence to say hi to someone he recognized off-camera and then going inside for a slice.

00:54It was like, the only way we'll have pizza in the Middle East is, ooh, a calzone.

00:59Fallon's jokes also lent a helping hand to the presidential hopeful by coming up with some

01:03potential campaign slogans to accompany existing photos of the former BP, such as this one.

01:08Joe Biden, I've got two reasons why I hate global warming and I'm double fisting them right now.

01:14Before taking another dig at those allegations.

01:17Your slogan would be, Joe Biden, I got your back, America.

01:20Glad he didn't go with that one.

01:22Meanwhile, over in Comedy Central's Daily Show, host Trevor Noah began with a montage of

01:26some of Biden's verbal slip-ups over the years, including the time he blessed a person's

01:30deceased mother when she was actually still alive, and telling a wheelchair-bound man to

01:34stand up to let the crowd see him.

01:37Trevor Noah, what? Stand up for Chuck.

01:38That's right. Let's show Chuck what he's missing. Everyone else stand up.

01:43Let's rub it in. This guy's got no hands. How about a round of applause? Come on!

01:47For contrast, Noah also played a montage highlighting all of Biden's impressive

01:51accomplishments during his 50 years in politics, perhaps none more impressive than being

01:55able to stomach working with Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, although the late-night

01:59host also couldn't resist making a joke about the inappropriate touching allegations.

02:03That's right. Joe Biden was so good at getting stuff done, he even found a way to work

02:07with Mitch McConnell. Yeah. And they probably got along because Mitch was the only person

02:12that Biden wouldn't give a massage to. Yeah.

02:14Noah also made reference to some of the baggage that Biden carries after some of his

02:18more controversial past stances, such as playing a key role in anti-crime legislation that had

02:22a disproportionately negative impact on African Americans and allowing Anita Hill to face

02:26difficult questions from an all-male panel about allegations of sexual harassment against

02:30Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. However, ultimately, Noah chose to see the bright side.

02:34So on the downside, Joe Biden got a lot of things wrong back in the day. But on the upside,

02:41he managed to grow his hair back.

02:45All in all, however, Noah explained that despite the past controversy and apparent foot-and-mouth

02:49problem Biden suffers, Democrats are still likely to vote for him purely because of his

02:53ability to get under the current president's skin. After throwing to some back-and-forth

02:57footage of Biden saying he'd beat Trump up if they were in high school and Trump responding

03:00to those remarks, Noah had just one request.

03:03Old man fight! Old man fight! Old man fight!

03:07To read more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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