'We’re winning': Biden insists his basement campaign is working

Joe Biden doesn't believe being stuck in his Delaware home's basement is hurting his chances of becoming president.

The presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee bristled when asked Tuesday about when he expected to restart his campaign for the White House ahead of the general election.

"We're on the campaign trail now. And everybody says, 'You know Biden's hiding.' Well, let me tell you something — we're doing very well," he told ABC News.

"As a matter of fact, we’re winning, if you look at all the polling data,” said the two-term vice president and 36-year Delaware senator.

Biden, on average, leads President Trump by 4.4 percentage points in early polling, according to RealClearPolitics data. But that margin is likely to tighten closer to November.

On Tuesday, Biden conceded he was "anxious to go out and campaign," insisting he wasn't "trying to avoid it." Instead, he told ABC News in a short interview that he was "trying to set an example as to how we should proceed in terms of dealing with this health and economic crisis," taking a dig at Trump for "showing up to places without masks."