This year’s vice presidential candidates both entered the spotlight this summer as relative political unknowns — but as they prepare to address their biggest audience yet in next week’s debate, Republican Ohio Sen.

Republican vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are set to debate next week in what could be the final faceoff of the 2024 presidential campaign.

In order to practice their debate responses and brace for potential attacks on stage, the vice presidential candidates enlisted some high-profile help