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Former President Donald Trump and independent presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will participate in live town halls hosted by X and cable news network NewsNation, Axios reports.

The events have yet to be scheduled, nor moderators picked – however, X users will be able to ask questions of the candidates during the events, called "The People's Town Hall," according to the report.

The Biden campaign has declined to participate.

In a Wednesday evening appearance on News Nation, Kennedy confirmed his plans to participate, adding that X owner Elon Musk offered use of his platform.

The moderators, which will likely include at least one NewsNation host, will have final say over the questions asked.

Axios reports that X CEO Linda Yaccarino approached NewsNation parent Nextar with the idea.

NewsNation notably hosted the fourth GOP presidential primary debate last December, which was watched by over 4 million people across NewsNation and sister network CW.

Biden Catches Break(s)

Meanwhile, Biden and Trump have agreed to a June 27 debate hosted by CNN – over which RFK Jr. has filed a FEC complaint over the criteria required to participate.

On Thursday, CNN announced that it plans to run commercials during the event – which has been ad-free for many years under the management of the non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates, Variety reports.

Last week Trump announced during a rally in the Bronx that one of his conditions for debating will be that they stand up.

"Today they said, 'We’d like to set up tables so you sit down.' I said, 'I don’t want to sit down for a debate. Let's go,'" Trump told the crowd. "So we’re not sitting down. We’re gonna be standing up for the debate."

"If crooked Joe Biden makes it through the debate, which I think he will, [the media are] going to say it was one of the great debate performances in history," Trump added.