There was a device in the 80’s that used bone conduction to transmit sound through your collarbones could Biden have been using one of these at the debate?
https://www.retrothing.com/2006/01/the_bone_fone_r.html#tpe-action-resize-389
I imagine a modern one could be much smaller.
James Woods tweeted that it was an inductive loop (for listening)
https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1311337996667346944/photo/1