US running mate Vance and Walz compete against each other in a TV duel

In the US election campaign, vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz will compete against each other in their TV duel on Tuesday (9 p.m. local time, Wednesday 3 a.m. CEST). Unlike the television duel between presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris three weeks ago, in the debate hosted by CBS, the microphones should remain switched on when the other participant has the floor. This makes it possible to talk in between, which is likely to fuel the debate between the Republican senator from Ohio and the Democratic governor from Minnesota.

The TV duels between the vice candidates are not given the same importance as those between the bosses. But it is expected to be the last TV debate of the presidential election campaign, as Republican candidate Trump rejects a second meeting with his Democratic rival Harris on television.