Tune in for the Vance vs. Walz debate at 2100 US Eastern time (0100 GMT)

Outside of the US these two are little known.

On the Democrats side, Kamala Harris’s running mate is Tim Walz

• former high school teacher and football coach
• first elected to Congress in 2006, representing a rural district in Minnesota
• quit Congress in 2019 to become the state’s governor
• known as ‘Coach’ Walz

On the Republican side, Donald Trump’s vice-presidential nominee is JD Vance

• author of a memoir about life in poverty-stricken rural Ohio
• elected to the US Senate in 2022
• served in the US Marine Corps
• worked as a venture capitalist

Apparently JD Vance doesn’t use his first name, he is known as ‘JD’. I remember writing about this a few weeks ago when he won the nomination.

Since then the YouTube algo served up this funny anecdote to me about a guy known as ‘JB’. I imagine this is about the only laugh we’ll get out related to the debate.

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.