Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Aug. 6 that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz would join her at the top of the Democratic Party’s presidential ticket, just over two weeks after she launched her campaign in the wake of President Joe Biden’s exit from the race.
“As a governor, a coach, a teacher, and a veteran, he’s delivered for working families like his,” Harris said of Walz in a post on X. “It’s great to have him on the team.”
Walz. as long as he is formally nominated by the Democratic Party, will go up against former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio).
Here are 32 things to know about the man joining the Democratic Party’s ticket.
1. He Is 60 Years OldWalz was born in West Point, Nebraska, in 1964. His father, Jim Walz, died in 1983.2. He and His wife, Gwen, Have Two ChildrenThe two have been married since 1994 and share a daughter, Hope, and a son, Gus.3. He Is LutheranIf elected, Walz would become only the second Lutheran to enter the White House after Vice President Hubert Humphrey. The United States has never had a Lutheran president.4. He Attended Chadron State College and Minnesota State UniversityWalz majored in