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Biden seeks to repair debate damage with fiery speech

Donald Trump and Joe Biden during the US presidential debate. [AFP]

A fired-up Joe Biden came out swinging Friday as he tried to make up for a disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump, insisting he was the right man to win November's US presidential election.

Biden's appearance at a campaign rally in the battleground state of North Carolina came amid rumblings in his alarmed Democratic Party about replacing the 81-year-old as their nominee - and shortly before the nation's most influential newspaper urged him to step aside.

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