Top Foreign-Policy Takeaways From the Vice Presidential Debate

U.S. vice presidential candidates Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance—running mates of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, respectively—got their moment in the spotlight on Tuesday night, when they faced off in what is expected to be the final debate ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November.

Harris, the Democratic nominee, was widely considered to have won her debate with Trump, her Republican rival, in early September, but the polls only moved slightly in her favor as a result. Historically, the vice presidential debate hasn’t made a major difference, but with just over a month to go until the election and polls showing Harris and Trump locked in a very tight race, the signals sent from the stage Tuesday still matter.