VP debate live updates: Follow along as J.D. Vance and Tim Walz square off in New York

Tonight marks the one and only debate between vice presidential hopefuls – Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance.

The two men will square off at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.

The debate will be moderated by CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell and Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan.

The conversation could get colorful as it was Vance who first claimed that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio were eating the residents’ pets.

Former President Donald Trump produced the most viral moment during last month’s debate in Philadelphia against Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, when he brought up the Springfield pet conspiracy theory.

Donald Trump said he will go on CBS 60 Minutes only on the condition that he get an apology from the network.

He confirmed the spat when asked about the cancellation while taking questions in Milwaukee. ‘After initially accepting 60 Minutes’ request for an interview with Scott Pelley, former President Trump’s campaign has decided not to participate,’ the network said.

Trump referenced his contentious 2020 sit-down with CBS’ Leslie Stahl.

‘First I want to get an apology,’ said Trump. ‘They said the laptop from hell was from Russia. I said it wasn’t from Russia, it was from Hunter [Biden],’ Trump said.

The interview, paired with one with Kamala Harris, was set to air in a Monday night special.

‘They really owed me an apology,’ Trump said.

President Biden says he has Tim Walz’ back as Kamala Harris’ running mate prepares to take the debate stage tonight.

‘Coach, I got your back tonight!’ Biden posted on X with a picture of the Minnesota governor.

‘Tonight, America will see the strong, principled, and effective leader I’ve known for years—and the contrast you and Kamala provide against the other team,’ he continued.

Former President Donald Trump isn’t ready to grab the popcorn for the vice presidential debate just yet. He took questions on Israel and Ukraine after speaking for nearly an hour in Milwaukee Tuesday evening.

Earlier, he spoke for more than an hour in Waunakee.

He said Iran’s attack on Israel was caused by a ‘lack of respect’ for the U.S. And he claimed if he were still in office Iran would have built economic ties with Israel. ‘I think everybody including Iran would have been in the Abraham Accords,’ Trump said.

In a striking moment at the Democratic National Convention in August, sixteen former members of Mankato West High School’s football team took the stage in a tribute to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

After all, Vice President Kamala Harris told the roaring crowd, he was their ‘coach’.

Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar went even further, declaring: ‘In Minnesota, we trust a coach who turned a team that was 0-27 into state champions.’

Americans watching might have been left with the distinct impression that Walz was the man behind the team’s underdog triumph.

In fact, the head coach of the all-conquering side known as the ‘Scarlets’ was a man named Rick Sutton.

Walz, a social studies teacher by day, was simply one of several assistant coaches under Sutton, working primarily with the defensive players.

For his part, Sutton has expressed no ill will for Walz getting the credit on the national stage. But he also has left no doubt as to who was really in charge.

‘Tim was really great at selling his point of view and then accepting a different direction,’ Sutton said in August. ‘But at some point, somebody has to make that decision, and that’s going to be the head coach.’

Read more from DailyMail.com’s Nick Allen:

Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will meet Tuesday in their only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election, and both have a point to prove: That they are not completely weird.

Walz may have deployed the term first to write off the entire Republican ticket, but a J.L. Partners/DailyMail.com poll of voters shows he has work to do too.

When 1000 likely voters were asked earlier this month who was the most weird of the two candidates, some 40 percent picked Sen. Vance, 40.

More than a third, 35 percent, nominated Walz, the 60-year-old governor of Minnesota.

But in an election that will go down to the wire, decided by the tiniest of margins, there are signs that there is everything to play for when the two running mates take the stage in New York on Tuesday evening.