Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz are set to go face to face next week for the first and only planned vice-presidential debate of this U.S. election cycle. You can watch the debate live on CTVNews.ca along with real-time commentary and analysis from journalists and experts.
What time is the vice-presidential debate?
The debate will take place Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 9 p.m. EDT at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. It will run for 90 minutes.
How do I watch the debate?
You can watch it right here along with our real-time analysis. Make sure you bookmark this page and come back to it on Tuesday night.
On TV, the debate will be simulcast by most major U.S. networks and will also be livestreamed on platforms where CBS News 24/7 and Paramount+ are available.
Live blog with experts
CTVNews.ca will also host, on this page, a live blog full of colourful expert commentary and analysis. This will allow you to watch the debate and get our analysis and reactions at the same time.
Guests for the live blog will include:
- Rachel Aiello 鈥� national correspondent for 麻豆传媒
- 鈥� body language expert and co-founder of communications training company TruthPlane
- Eric Ham 鈥� bestselling author, former congressional staffer and 麻豆传媒 political analyst
- Phil Hahn 鈥� CTVNews.ca editor in chief for U.S. election coverage and special projects producer
Who鈥檚 moderating the debate?
, who is CBS Evening News anchor, and , CBS chief foreign affairs correspondent and Face the Nation moderator.
What are the debate rules?
The rules are still not made public at this point, but they鈥檙e expected to be similar to the first two presidential debates, where microphones were muted when candidates weren鈥檛 speaking, no props or notes were allowed and there was no live audience.
In an interesting twist, the reported the two candidates will be standing behind lecterns, instead of sitting, during the debate.
It鈥檚 been customary for vice-presidential candidates to debate sitting down, a rule established by the Commission on Presidential Debates in order to differentiate vice-presidential debates from their presidential counterparts.
In 2008, however, both Joe Biden (then a Delaware senator) and Sarah Palin (then-Alaska governor) stood for their VP debate face-off.
Who is Tim Walz?
Timothy James Walz is a 60-year old Democratic vice-presidential candidate who is currently governor of Minnesota. He served in the Army National Guard for 24 years before retiring to run for U.S. Congress. He was born in West Point, Nebr. and has worked in a factory and was a high school social studies teacher and a football coach.
He first became active in politics in 2004 when he volunteered for John Kerry鈥檚 presidential run.
Walz was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006.
Democratic presidential candidate and current Vice-President Kamala Harris announced Walz as her VP running mate on Aug. 6.
Who is JD Vance?
James David Vance is a 40-year-old Republican vice-presidential candidate who's currently serving as an Ohio senator. He is a best-selling author, venture capitalist and is a former marine and veteran of the Iraq war.
Vance served as a military journalist from 2003 to 2007 after graduating from high school, before going to Yale to become a lawyer. He briefly worked as a corporate lawyer before writing 鈥淗illbilly Elegy,鈥� which was published in 2016 and made into a film in 2020. The book puts Appalachian life into focus along with Vance鈥檚 small-town upbringing.
Vance won the Ohio senate race in 2022, and was announced as former president and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump鈥檚 running mate in July 2024.
