Live Blog: The 2016 vice presidential debate

Published date: October 4, 2016 | 8:45 pm

Updated: August 18, 2025 | 1:55 pm

AFP editor Chris Graham leads our live coverage of the 2016 vice presidential debate from Longwood University in Farmville. Va.

The debate pits Democratic VP nominee Tim Kaine and Republican VP nominee Mike Pence.

The debate begins at 9 p.m. EST.

Details

Format: The debate will be divided into nine time segments of approximately 10 minutes each. The moderator will ask an opening question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a deeper discussion of the topic.
Moderator: Elaine Quijano, Anchor, CBSN and Correspondent, CBS News
Airs On: ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CNN, Fox News, Fox Business, MSNBC, C-SPAN, PBS
Air Time: 9pm ET (8pm CT, 7pm MT, 6pm PT, basically live in whatever 9pm ET is equivalent to in your time zone)
Alternate Live Stream Links: Fox Business, C-SPAN, Twitter, CNN, NewsMax, CBS News

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