Tonight is the one and only debate between vice presidential candidates: Democratic Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz and Republican Senator from Ohio JD Vance.
The two men will meet at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.
The debate will be moderated by CBS Evening News host Norah O’Donnell and Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan.
The conversation could get colorful, as it was Vance who first claimed that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio were eating residents’ pets.
Former President Donald Trump created the most viral moment during last month’s debate in Philadelphia against Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris when he brought up the Springfield conspiracy theory.
“They eat the dogs – the people who came in.” They eat the cats,” Trump claimed. “They eat the pets.”
Local officials have pushed back on Trump and Vance’s claims since the September 10 debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
And despite Democratic criticism of Trump’s spreading untruths, party members have kept alive the false rumor that Vance included a passage in his best-selling book, Hillbilly Elegy, in which he makes love on a couch.
There is also a rumor on the left that Vance wears eyeliner.
Vance will likely pursue Walz for his military record — hence the inclusion of the term “stolen valor” — and his handling of the Black Lives Matter protests that swept through Minneapolis in the summer of 2020, during Walz’s tenure as governor.
Walz will likely draw attention to Vance’s “childless cat lady” comments about Democrats.
The Minnesota governor got the attention of Harris’ team after calling Trump and Vance “weird” when they were rooting for Democratic candidates — a dig that helped him get picked for the 2024 ticket.
And in a throwback to the vice presidential debate four years ago, if a fly lands on a candidate’s head, BINGO will be won immediately.
In 2020, a fly landed on Vice President Mike Pence as he participated in a debate against Harris in Salt Lake City, Utah.