Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) are scheduled to face off Tuesday in a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News, in what could be a pivotal moment in the race for the white candidate. There is sex. house.
Vance, 40, and Walz, 60, have never faced each other before, but they have taken aim at each other in the weeks since they were named running mates by former President Trump and Vice President Harris, respectively.
Vance criticized Walz's military record, and Walz targeted Vance's Ivy League pedigree.
CBS anchor Norah O'Donnell and correspondent Margaret Brennan are set to moderate the only vice presidential debate scheduled this cycle, but the network has not released specific details about the event's settings. do not have. It will begin at 9 p.m. from the network's broadcast center in New York City and last approximately 90 minutes.
People can watch on their local CBS News station or stream online through CBS News 24/7 and Paramount+. The debate will also be broadcast on most major networks, including C-Span and Fox News.
The Hill will host a live blog and its sister network, NewsNation, will broadcast the event.
A national poll compiled by Hill Decision Desk shows Harris leading by 4.1 percentage points, but neither candidate has secured the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House.
Harris and Trump went head-to-head in an ABC News debate earlier this month, but they likely won't debate again because Trump won't agree to face Harris again before Election Day.
Some political commentators are already viewing Tuesday's matchup as a key match in the Harris-Trump battle.
“The heated debate may not be decisive, but it could be dramatic,” Democratic pollster Brad Bannon wrote in a recent op-ed in The Hill. .
“The needle only needs to move by 0.1 percentage points in either direction, and that could be a difference of four or five states,” Democratic strategist Stephen Mabilio recently told The Hill. Ta.
This is the first election cycle in decades that the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates did not host a debate, typically held on a college campus.
Media outlets are working with the campaign to set up a structure, but specific terms for the Vance-Waltz matchup have not yet been announced.
