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THE REPUBLICAN AND Democratic vice presidential candidates are set to face off in a debate tomorrow night and the televised event will likely showcase the gulf between JD Vance and Tim Walz both in terms of policy and personality.
The debate comes just under a month before the country goes to the polls on 5 November. It may well be the last debate of the campaign.
Vance is a relative newcomer to US electoral politics. The 40-year-old venture capitalist and author has been a senator for the state of Ohio since 2022. He became a darling of the US media when he published his memoir Hillbilly Elegy in 2016, and publicly criticised Donald Trump, comparing him to Adolf Hitler.
Vance now appears to have become Trump’s protegé and has even been allowed to steal some of the spotlight during the campaign.
Vance’s opponent is 20 years his senior and has …