- Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will face off in their long-awaited debate on Oct. 1.
- The debate comes roughly a month before the hotly-contested November general election.
- Both Vance and Walz are expected to be aggressive surrogates for their respective running mates.
Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota are set to meet for the only scheduled vice-presidential debate on Tuesday, a face-off that could mark the final major moment of the campaign.
Vice presidential debates are typically the undercard on the political calendar. But as of now, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are not set to debate again. This means that on Tuesday night, it will be up to their running mates to deliver the closing argument to millions of Americans — even if far fewer are expected to tune in than the roughly 67 million viewers that watched the Harris-Trump debate.
Their closing arguments are likely to sound familiar. While they may stand across the stage from each other, both candidates are expected to focus more on the top of the ticket. Vance, in particular, has foreshadowed that while he’ll take his shots at Walz, his main target will be Harris.