It’ll be a showdown between two Midwest men when Sen. JD Vance, an Ohio Republican, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, face off in the vice presidential debate Tuesday evening in New York City.
The stakes are high in what likely will be the only debate between the vice presidential candidates as both Vance and Walz will attempt to lay out the path to victory for their respective running mates—former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris—and themselves.
Both men, new to the level of national scrutiny focused on a presidential campaign, have studied for this debate.
Sources told CBS News that Vance, first elected to public office in 2022, has spent more than a month preparing while maintaining a vigorous campaign schedule. Vance and his team have held “murder board” sessions with top Trump-Vance campaign communications…
