Live Updates: Vance and Walz prepare for the first and only vice presidential debate

JD Vance has a reputation for being informed, articulate and almost unflappable. Those qualities helped lead former President Donald Trump to choose Vance as his vice presidential running mate, and they will undoubtedly be on display when the Yale-educated U.S. senator from Ohio meets Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz on the debate stage.

Vance’s 2022 Democratic opponent, Tim Ryan, says: “He’s a smart guy.” He will bring a style honed through verbal clashes with a gauntlet of television journalists, but not one that looks like Trump’s.

Vance said in a call with reporters this week that he felt no pressure to do “anything similar” to the extensive debate preparation Walz is conducting.

Still, Vance has spent the last month reviewing debate schedules, strategy and possible questions, according to a person familiar with his preparations who requested anonymity to discuss strategy. In addition to the online sessions, most of this work took place at his home in Cincinnati – where his wife Ushaand Trump campaign strategist Jason Miller have joined members of his inner circle to prepare Vance.

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