Gov. Tim Walz agrees to VP debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1

Washington — Gov. Tim Walz connected Wednesday agreed to enactment successful a vice statesmanlike statement hosted by CBS News connected Oct. 1 successful New York City.

Former President Donald Trump's run has not yet agreed to the date, leaving GOP Sen. JD Vance's information successful question. 

Earlier successful the day, CBS News projected 4 dates for a statement betwixt the 2 vice statesmanlike nominees: Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 1, and Oct. 8. The Harris-Walz run soon agreed to the Oct. 1 date.

"See you connected October 1, JD," Walz wrote connected X.

A day for the vice statesmanlike statement has been successful limbo since the spring, erstwhile CBS News archetypal extended the invitation to some statesmanlike campaigns. In May, President Biden's run said Vice President Kamala Harris, who was inactive his moving mate astatine the time, was consenting to look disconnected against the eventual Republican vice statesmanlike nominee connected either July 23 oregon Aug. 13. 

Trump picked Vance arsenic his moving mate connected July 15, the archetypal time of the Republican National Convention. His run soon declined to perpetrate to a vice statesmanlike statement earlier the Democratic National Convention connected Aug. 19, saying that doing truthful would beryllium premature since Harris mightiness extremity up being the Democratic nominee.

Mr. Biden dropped retired of the race connected July 21, respective weeks aft his ain mediocre showing astatine his statement with Trump. Harris rapidly gathered the enactment needed to regenerate him atop the Democratic summons and formally captured the information past week. She named Walz arsenic her moving mate, finalizing the vice statesmanlike picks for some campaigns and kicking disconnected a sprint to the predetermination successful November.

Last week, Trump said CBS News would big the vice statesmanlike debate, and that Vance has "really stepped up" and is "doing a fantastic job." He added that helium was consenting to enactment successful 3 debates with Harris successful September, hosted by Fox News, ABC News and NBC News. The Harris run antecedently committed to 1 debate, the Sept. 10 gathering connected ABC.

This twelvemonth is the archetypal predetermination rhythm since 1988 successful which the debates are not being organized by the nonpartisan Commission connected Presidential Debates. In 2022, the Republican National Committee voted to prohibition GOP nominees from participating successful debates hosted by the commission, accusing the organizers of bias successful the 2 2020 meetings betwixt Mr. Biden and Trump. 

Instead, tv networks person been near to negociate dates and presumption for the debates straight with the statesmanlike campaigns. CNN hosted the archetypal statement of the rhythm betwixt Mr. Biden and Trump successful June, a overmuch earlier commencement than successful erstwhile predetermination years. CNN allowed different networks to transportation the statement connected their airwaves, successful keeping with the signifier for debates hosted by the commission.

Aaron Navarro contributed to this report.