The FRONTLINE Interviews

The Choice 2020

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To produce The Choice 2020, FRONTLINE conducted 47 interviews totaling more than 100 hours with some of the people closest to Donald Trump and Joe Biden. We’re publishing this entire original archive, plus selected interviews from previous films, as part of FRONTLINE’s Transparency Project. Now you can hear what we heard and see how we used it in the making of The Choice. You can also explore and share stories, subjects and voices that didn’t make it into the film. Read here about how we chose our interview subjects and, with the help of each of them, overcame challenges of conducting dozens of interviews during a pandemic.

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The Choice 2020

FRONTLINE investigates the defining moments that shaped Donald Trump and Joe Biden's lives.

Interviews for this film were conducted by Michael Kirk, Jim Gilmore, Gabrielle Schonder, and Mike Wiser of the Kirk Documentary Group and edited for the web by Phil Bennett and Lauren Prestileo. The Transparency Project is produced by Phil Bennett and Lauren Prestileo.

Design and build for The Choice 2020 by Dan Nolan and Anthony DeLorenzo with assistance from Kimberly Patch. Video editing by Kenzie Audette. Copy editing by Julie Wolf. Additional assistance from Dale Cohen, Miles Alvord, Olivia DelVecchio, Priyanka Boghani, Sarah Childress, Lila Hassan, Shantal Riley, Patrice Taddonio, Zoe Todd, and Jennifer Wehunt.

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