Exactly three weeks after the tense debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, it is the turn of Tim Walz and JD Vance, their lieutenants, to meet on Tuesday on a television set and to expose their antagonisms.
For the two running mates, this is undoubtedly the most important moment of this ultra-tight campaign, at the end of which only one will become vice-president.
As for JD Vance, an atypical senator with a populist anti-immigration discourse, he had very little political experience before Donald Trump offered to assist him in July.
Twenty years separate the two elected officials – Tim Walz is 60 years old, his rival 40 – in reverse copy of the two decades which separate Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
But they are also poles apart on the major themes of the November 5 election, from abortion to aid to Ukraine, from firearms to energy priorities, from tax measures to the fight against inflation.
Hurricane Helene, which killed more than 130 people and caused devastating floods in the United States, could become part of their discussions. “Very poor response to the hurricane from Kamala and Joe!” Donald Trump commented overnight.
The debate will take place in New York, at the CBS Broadcast Center, the channel which organizes it.
Tim Walz and JD Vance will battle it out for 90 minutes, including commercial breaks, with no audience other than the tens of millions of expected viewers. They will not be allowed to bring written notes.
Unlike the two previous presidential debates, which pitted Donald Trump and Joe Biden on June 27, then Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on September 10, the microphones will remain open, allowing the opponents to cut each other off.
Their face-to-face should be tough, with the objective of convincing undecided voters who could swing one of the famous seven hotly contested key states.
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