The US vice presidential candidates will face each other in their only televised debate on Wednesday at 4 o’clock Finnish time.
Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance (Rep.) debate in New York. The debate is organized by ‘s American partner CBS News.
The debate will be moderated by CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan, host of the Face the Nation talk show.
There is no audience at the debate in the CBS TV studio.
There are no opening statements in the debate lasting one and a half hours. It is interrupted by two four-minute breaks during which commercial companies broadcast advertisements.
Both debaters have two minutes to answer. After this, each has a one-minute counter-statement and the Moderators can still give one-minute follow-up statements to each if they wish.
Both candidates must remain behind their microphones throughout the debate. In principle, microphones are not muted during the second speech, but CBS can mute the microphone depending on the situation.
Candidates do not know the questions in advance.
Both have a closing speech of two minutes. The last speaker is drawn: Vance gets the last word in closing remarks.
Above, the debate of the vice-presidential candidates can only be seen in its entirety as a live broadcast. There is no recording of the debate at Areena due to technical contractual reasons set by the organizer of the event.
According to the AP news agency, Tim Walz has prepared for a debate at a hotel in Minneapolis. He has been guided by Transport Minister Pete Buttigieg, who is considered a skilled debater.
JD Vance has also spent the last few days preparing. He has been mentored by House of Representatives member Tom Emmer, who is from the same state as Walz, Minnesota.
AP