Records filed with the Federal Election Commission showed the former vice president's campaign out raised and outspent Trump's reelection effort in September.

With Biden's political ads now much more prevalent on American television, Biden's campaign took in $281 million during September, more than three times as much as the $81 million Trump's campaign raised.

Biden spent more than double what Trump's campaign did.

Biden's fundraising advantage showed up in ways large and small, in one example sure to be a thorn in the president's side.

Lawyers at Jones Day, which has earned millions of dollars for work on Trump's reelection campaign, donated heavily to his opponent.

Lawyers at the firm gave nearly $90,000 to the campaign committee of Joe Biden.

Contributions to the Trump campaign by Jones Day lawyers total just $50.

The figures reflect individual giving, not law firm contributions.

But Biden's upper hand in the money race is no guarantee of victory.