
By Thomson Rueters May 26, 2016
Appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live spurs talk between Republican front-runner and senator
An unconventional debate between a billionaire Republican and a Democratic socialist is shaping up in California after U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders expressed an interest in squaring off against each other.
Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, is still in a primary battle against Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, while Trump effectively clinched the Republican Party’s nomination earlier this month when his two remaining rivals dropped out.