Republican Ohio Senator JD Vance and Democrat Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota are set to face off in a pivotal vice presidential debate Tuesday night, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. With the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump seemingly tighter in the polls by the day, this could be one of the most consequential VP candidate face-offs in debate history.
Both face their own issues coming in, but they have one thing in common: neither of them was at the top of the headlines just months ago, before they were chosen. Vance might have been better known, as he has the bestselling book and movie “Hillbilly Elegy” to his name, but if you had him on the vice presidential ticket at the beginning of the year, I would advise you to consider a career in betting.
Almost nobody predicted Harris picking Walz, meanwhile, because those who did have “Jazz Hands” on their radar knew he…