The Democrat Walz, at times stumbling over his words, laid out his defense for Harris' housing plan, which includes tax incentives to spur more home construction and a $25,000 federal down payment credit for first-time buyers. He also repeatedly took aim at investor homebuyers, blaming them for driving up the cost of housing.

JD Vance is focused on next month’s election. But the vice-presidential debate went a long way toward building his brand for a potential 2028 run.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump praised their respective running mates -- Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance -- as their campaigns worked to spin how well they performed at Tuesday night's vice-presidential debate.

CBS News poll finds Walz and Vance improved their standing in what debate watchers said was a positive debate.

Vice presidential candidates Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance squared off for the first and only time this election season. Unlike the last two presidential debates, the candidates appeared to be more cordial.

Four years ago, 57 million tuned in to the only vice presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle between Harris and then-Vice President Mike Pence. In 2008, a record 69.9 million watched Joe Biden and Sarah Palin face off on television in the most-watched VP debate, according to Nielsen.

Overall, the lone 2024 Vice Presidential debate Tuesday was a polite affair, as both candidates suggested that there was common ground. Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), running mate of Dem candidate Kamala Harris,

According to an average of late-Tuesday polls from CNN/SSRS, YouGov/CBS News, Focaldata/Politico and J.L. Partners/DailyMail.com, 48 percent of debate watchers thought that Vance was the winner or turned in the best performance, while 46 percent thought that Walz was the winner or did the best.

Episode two of the 50th season of “Saturday Night Live” saw a return of the star-studded election cast that premiered last week, with the cold open hilariously showing vice presidential nominees JD Vance and Tim Walz “vibe” with each other in their debate.

The Oct. 5 episode of “Saturday Night Live” began with a political cold open mocking this week’s vice presidential debate. Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph) and her husband Doug Emhoff (Andy Samberg) watching the debate from home.

Harris and Trump debated each other last month in Philadelphia, a faceoff that Harris was widely regarded as having won. Harris has been pushing Trump to agree to another debate later this month, but so far, he has been reluctant to commit to a rematch.