Ohio Sen. JD Vance, attacking Kamala Harris on immigration, told an interviewer that murders have jumped 80% in Springfield, Ohio. Data shows that Vance's claim used carefully chosen stats and that there actually were more murders during Donald Trump's presidency.

Despite digressions involving cats and a hiccup on abortion policy, Trump has grown close to Vance, talking with him almost every day and cheering on his frequent TV appearances.

The Harris-Walz campaign is also downplaying importance of the debate, stressing “Vance is a skilled debater.”

"It is disappointing to me that Springfield has become the epicenter of vitriol over America's immigration policy...," DeWine wrote.

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) this week said the Trump campaign wants to roll back the Affordable Care Act’s approach to how chronically ill Americans shop for health insurance, with the Republican vice-presidential candidate reopening a health-care debate that Democrats are eager to have - and resurrecting a fight that has repeatedly burned the GOP.

Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance will face off next month in the only scheduled U.S. vice presidential debate, a chance for each man to reinforce his running mate's message to voters just weeks before the Nov.

CBS News announced last month that Tim Walz and JD Vance had both agreed to participate in a debate in New York City.

The gay politician, who is considered one of the Democratic Party’s best communicators, is playing Donald Trump’s far-right running mate.

The Trump campaign continued to push false claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, even after a top city leader told a campaign staffer for its vice presidential nominee ahead of this month’s presidential debate the rumors were “baseless,

Hillary Clinton has criticized Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance for suggesting that families could ease the financial burden of child care by tapping grandparents for more help, saying that the Ohio senator is “just not in touch with what goes on in the lives and the working careers of the vast majority of Americans.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is attempting to paint a different picture of Springfield and its “rich history” than the one portrayed by false claims from former President Trump and his running mate, Sen.