Vance and Walz agree to a vice presidential debate on Oct. 1 hosted by CBS News

Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance person agreed to statement each different connected Oct. 1, mounting up a matchup of imaginable vice presidents arsenic early voting successful immoderate states gets underway for nan wide election.

And Vice President Kamala Harris has forecast nan scheduling of a 2nd statement betwixt Donald Trump and herself, though that matchup appeared to beryllium contingent connected nan GOP nominee participating successful an already scheduled Sept. 10 statement pinch Harris.

CBS News connected Wednesday posted connected its X provender that nan web had invited some Vance and Walz to statement successful New York City, presenting 4 imaginable dates — Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 1 and Oct. 8 — arsenic options.

Walz reposted that connection from his ain run account, “See you connected October 1, JD.” The Harris-Walz run followed up pinch a connection of its own, saying Walz “looks guardant to debating JD Vance — if he shows up.”

Vance posted connected X that he would judge nan Oct. 1 invitation. He besides challenged Walz to meet connected Sept. 18.

Officials pinch nan Harris-Walz run did not instantly return a connection seeking remark connected Vance’s acceptance of nan earlier statement that he said would beryllium connected CNN aliases whether Walz would participate successful that 1 arsenic well.

Representatives for CNN confirmed that Vance had accepted nan network’s statement invitation.

“CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan of “Face nan Nation” will mean nan Oct. 1 debate, according to nan network.

Whether aliases not Walz and Vance would statement earlier nan Nov. 5 wide predetermination had been successful question. In conscionable nan past respective weeks, President Joe Biden near nan run and Democrats selected Harris to lead their ticket.

Vance has mostly kept his attraction trained connected Harris, whom he would person been group to statement earlier Biden’s departure from nan race. Vance has lobbed critiques against Walz, including questioning nan retired Army National Guardsman’s work record.

Trump has said he wanted Vance to statement Walz connected CBS, which had been discussing imaginable dates for that meeting.

The statement is expected weeks aft nan Sept. 10 top-of-the-ticket statement precocious solidified betwixt Trump and Harris connected ABC News.

Trump has said he negotiated respective different statement dates, connected 3 different networks. Fox News has besides projected a statement betwixt Harris and Trump to return spot connected Sept. 4, and NBC News is angling to aerial 1 connected Sept. 25.

During an quality successful Michigan, Harris said she was “happy to person that conversation” astir an further debate.

On Thursday, Harris’ run said Trump had “accepted our connection for 3 debates,” meaning 1 betwixt nan vice statesmanlike moving mates, successful summation to 2 statesmanlike debates. Provided that Trump follows done connected participating successful nan Sept. 10 CBS debate, Harris-Walz spokesperson Michael Tyler said that “the American group will person different opportunity” to spot nan vice president and Donald Trump connected nan statement shape successful October,” without mentioning a circumstantial day aliases network.

Neither run instantly responded to a connection seeking remark connected whether a day aliases web had been agreed to for a 2nd statesmanlike debate.