Ted Johnson Barack Obama and George Clooney’s friendship came through in a virtual fundraiser for Joe Biden, a 45-minute event in which they traded a few jokes and talked of the urgency of defeating Donald Trump.Obama and Clooney appeared via Zoom at their own homes, and spent a good share of the time making the case for Biden, characterizing the former Vice President as a figure who could restore government and “pass the baton forward” on issues like climate change and racial justice, according