Mike Pence and Tim Kaine to face off in sole vice-presidential debate


The two main-party vice presidential candidates, Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), face off in their only scheduled debate on Tuesday at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. The 90-minute debate, hosted by Elaine Quijano of CBS News, begins at 9 p.m. Eastern time and will be broadcast live on all the broadcast networks as well as CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Fox Business, Univision, Telemundo, and C-SPAN. You can also watch online, including at YouTube, Yahoo, The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed News, and The Wall Street Journal. Kaine, Hillary Clinton's running mate, and Pence, who's running with Donald Trump, are both seasoned politicians in their 50s, and the debate is expected to be a substantive proxy fight between each party's presidential ticket.
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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