Former President Trump and President Biden's match-up at the CNN Presidential Debate is raising comparisons to John F. Kennedy's debate with Richard Nixon.

On Sept. 26, 1960, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy met for the first ever televised presidential debate.

Radio listeners thought Nixon had won the debate based on his responses, but his physical signs of stress ultimately cost him the debate. Vice President Kamala Harris remained composed throughout ...

Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon participated the first ever televised debate on Sept. 26, 1960 at the old CBS Chicago studios. Bill Kurtis reports on the history of ...

History was made last night. The kind of history that may unseat the Sept. 26, 1960, Nixon-Kennedy presidential debate as the default anecdote about how a TV moment transformed American politics.

The first live televised presidential debate was held on Sept. 26, 1960, between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon. Skip to content NOWCAST 40/29 News Sunrise ...

But, what was concluded from that first TV debate had nothing to do with the substance of the debate–it was that John F. Kennedy had more energy in the debate and Vice President Nixon looked tired and ...

Moderator Howard K. Smith sat between Senator John Kennedy, left, and Vice President Richard Nixon as they appeared on a television studio monitor set during their debate in Chicago, Sept. 26, 1960.

Where Kennedy was fluent and lucid, Nixon’s prepared remarks used odd, tangled syntax that tripped him up as he spoke. “There is no question but that this nation cannot stand still,” he said.

In this Sept. 26, 1960 file photo, Sen. John Kennedy, left, and Vice President Richard Nixon appear on television studio monitor set during their debate in Chicago. AP hide caption ...

One photo shows the Sept. 26, 1960, debate between then-Vice President Richard Nixon and then-Sen. John F. Kennedy from behind the cameras and lights used in the first-ever televised clash. Both ...

The first live televised presidential debate was held on Sept. 26, 1960, between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.At the time, Kennedy was a Democratic senator of Massachusetts and Nixon was ...