JD Vance’s most telling debate answer was the one he wouldn’t give

Donald Trump’s running mate delivered a smooth debate performance—thanks to his uncanny ease with scapegoating immigrants and lying.

The first 90 minutes of the vice presidential debate on Tuesday were much more subdued than last month’s presidential one, largely because neither participant spent their allotted time yelling demented conspiracy theories about Haitian people eating pets in Ohio. More than once, both men—Democratic nominee Tim Walz and Republican nominee JD Vance—professed...