Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance, US politicians whose histories and rhetoric have amassed more headlines than many past vice presidential candidates, are set to go head-to-head in their only debate before the US election.
Walz, 60, a liberal governor and former high school teacher, and Vance, 40, a bestselling author and conservative firebrand senator, will portray themselves as sons of America’s Midwestern heartland but are polar…