Blitz Bureau
US Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican J D Vance on July 20 had their first chat since the Ohio senator became the GOP vice presidential nominee, and the two sides are working on terms for participating in a debate, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Harris has agreed to a debate on CBS News on either July 23 or August 13.
The people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal conversations about the debate, said there had been no progress at bridging the disagreements on the network partner and format, but they expect discussions to begin now that Trump has selected Vance, a first-term senator from Ohio.
Harris, in her congratulatory voicemail to Vance on his selection, urged him to accept the CBS debate, according to one of the people familiar with the discussions. Vance returned Harris’ call and the pair exchanged pleasantries, that person said.
Vance told Newsmax that Harris was “was very gracious, very cordial” on the call.
