 of last week's debate he had traveled abroad twice and mpr's deepa shivaram reports biden joked that he nearly fell asleep on the debate stage biden was in mclean virginia just outside washington attending a fundraiser where press are allowed inside but can't record audio or video biden said he didn't get much sleep before the debate last week in the weeks leading up to the debate biden traveled to france for the anniversary of d-day and to italy for the g7 summit