"The Mister Next Door" Walz vs "Twenty Thousand Dragons" Vance...Who's the vice presidential candidate?

[Anchor]
In the U.S. presidential election, vice presidential candidates are drawing attention as well as presidential candidates.

Democrat Walz and Republican Vance are both white men from the Midwest, but their lifetimes and political leanings are completely different.

I'm reporter Kim Do-won.

[Reporter]
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is the son of a 6.25 veteran.

Born in 1964, he was a high school teacher and football coach, leading his team to a state championship.

He ran for Congress in Minnesota in 2006, causing an upset in a strong Republican district, and was elected governor in 2018 after serving six terms.

As a teacher, he took the lead in protecting the rights of LGBTQ students and promoted progressive policies such as advocating abortion rights, gun control, and free school meals even after entering politics.

During this presidential election, calling Trump and Vance "weird people" spread like a trend and became famous nationwide.

[Tim Walz / Democratic vice presidential candidate] I have to say this. You all know it. Trump and Vance are squishy people. Right. They're just completely weird people.]

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance is simply from a dirt spoon.

Born in 1984 in a small town in Ohio, my parents divorced when I was young and my mother was a drug addict.

He returned to Iraq as a Marine and graduated from Yale Law School, and became famous in 2016 when his autobiography "Hillbilly's Song" became a bestseller.

The Hillbilly Song' is considered to show why white workers support Trump, but he has accused Trump of being an instigator.

He turned into a Trump supporter when he ran for the Senate in 2022, and was finally picked as a vice presidential candidate.

[JD Vance / U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate: Trump shouted at us to fight for our country, for America, even at the most precarious moment, and he didn't forget us.]

The vice president of the United States also serves as the president of the Senate and succeeds the post of president in Yugoslavia.

It can be regarded as a position without real power, but 15 people actually became president due to succession of duties or running for president, so it cannot be taken lightly.

I'm Kim Do Won of YTN.



Video editing: Lim Hyun-chul