JD Vance, Tim Walz agree to debate on October 1

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance and his Democratic rival Tim Walz will participate in a debate hosted by CBS on October 1, after the Ohio senator accepted the invitation on Thursday (15), just a day after the Minnesota governor did the same.

Vance also proposed another vice-presidential debate, informing that he accepted the invitation from CNN to participate in the debate on September 18th. The CNN reached out to Kamala Harris’ campaign for comment.

“The American people deserve as many debates as possible, which is why President Trump has already challenged Kamala to three of them. Not only do I accept the CBS debate on October 1st, I also accept the CNN on September 18. I look forward to seeing you both!” Vance posted on social media on Thursday (15).

The day before, Walz accepted CBS’s invitation in a social media post, writing, “See you October 1st, JD.”

As options for the New York City debate, CBS News offered the candidates two dates in September and two in October.

In May, before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, Harris had accepted an invitation from CBS to debate Donald Trump’s future running mate on either July 23 or August 13. At the time, Trump said on his platform, Truth Social, that his campaign had accepted an invitation for his future running mate to participate in a debate on Fox News.

Trump named Vance as his running mate last month, while Harris rose to the top of the Democratic ticket after Biden ended his re-election campaign. Last week, Harris picked Tim Walz as her vice presidential candidate.

Kamala and Trump have agreed to meet for a presidential debate on ABC News on September 10. This will be the second presidential debate of the year, following Trump’s face-off with Biden on CNN in late June. Biden’s poor performance in that debate set off alarm bells among Democrats, prompting him to drop out of the race.

Biden is the first US president to give up re-election bid in more than 5 decades