Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a Biden-Harris campaign and DNC press conference on July 17 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The press conference was held to address Project 2025 and Republican policies on abortion (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images).
WASHINGTON — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has agreed to a vice presidential debate on Oct. 1 hosted by CBS News.
In a statement, CBS News said it reached out to both presidential campaigns, but it’s unclear if the Republican vice presidential candidate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, will participate in the debate in New York City.
During a late Wednesday interview with Fox News, Vance didn’t confirm if he would partake in the debate, and instead noted he would have to agree to certain conditions.
“I strongly suspect we’re gonna be there on Oct. 1,” he said. “We’re not gonna walk into a fake news media garbage debate. We’re gonna do a real debate, and if CBS agrees to it, then certainly we’ll do it.”
The Donald Trump campaign did not respond to States Newsroom’s request for comment.
“See you on October 1, JD.,” Walz wrote on X, responding to CBS.
CBS News gave both campaigns four dates to choose among for a vice presidential debate — Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 1 and Oct. 8.
Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris are scheduled for a presidential debate Sept. 10, hosted by ABC News.
The first presidential debate, hosted by CNN on June 27, led to President Joe Biden suspending his campaign after a disastrous performance that rattled his party’s confidence that the president could beat Trump in November.
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