JD Vance (Left) Image by Gage Skidmore, Tim Walz (Right)
CV NEWS FEED // Republican vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-OH, and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz have agreed to a debate scheduled for Tuesday, October 1.
CBS News is slated to host the showdown, which is currently the sole confirmed 2024 vice-presidential debate. Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan will co-moderate.
The Washington Post reported that CBS had “proposed four dates for a vice-presidential debate.”
An X (formerly Twitter) post by an CBS-affiliated account confirmed that the three other dates it offered to the candidates were September 17, September 24, and October 8 – all Tuesdays.
“Walz said Wednesday at a Boston fundraiser that he had accepted an invitation to debate Vance on Oct. 1,” the Post reported.
At the time, Walz said that he is “really looking forward to how [the debate] goes,” noting that he and Vance “have very different visions of America.”
On Wednesday afternoon, Walz wrote on X: “See you on October 1, JD.”
Vance replied the following morning, challenging his opponent to accept CNN’s invitation to an additional debate which would take place in mid-September.
“The American people deserve as many debates as possible, which is why President Trump has challenged Kamala to three of them already,” Vance wrote. “Not only do I accept the CBS debate on October 1st, I accept the CNN debate on September 18th as well. I look forward to seeing you at both!”
POLITICO reported on Thursday that CNN confirmed “it had invited both Walz and Vance to a debate, and Vance had accepted.”
“The network did not immediately respond to a follow-up request for comment about whether Walz had answered its invitation,” POLITICO added.
A Harris campaign spokesman stated Thursday that the Democratic nominee agreed to participate in two presidential debates, one on September 10 and another on an unspecified date in October.
During remarks he delivered at Mar-a-Lago last week, Trump said he had agreed to a total of three debates with news networks – including debates on September 4 and September 25 – in addition to the aforementioned September 10 debate.
“The debate about debates is over,” Harris communications director Michael Tyler said in a statement. “Donald Trump’s campaign accepted our proposal for three debates — two presidential and a vice presidential debate.”
Tyler continued:
Assuming Donald Trump actually shows up on September 10 to debate Vice President Harris, then Governor Walz will see JD Vance on October 1 and the American people will have another opportunity to see the vice president and Donald Trump on the debate stage in October.
The Hill reported that this “statement makes clear Harris will not partake in either” the September 4 or the September 25 debate, “but would instead participate in an October debate with Trump, as long as he attends the Sept. 10 showdown.”
