(FILES) Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz (D-MN) delivers keynote remarks at the annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, in Washington, DC, on September 7, 2024. Donald Trump's running mate J.D. Vance and Kamala Harris's vice-presidential pick Tim Walz -- set to debate each other on October 1 -- embody different versions of masculinity in an election that is dividing American men and women like never before. Vance on the Republican ticket has a very conservative definition of family. The Ohio senator has been criticized for denouncing "childless cat ladies" who have no "direct interest" in the welfare of the country because they have no children. As a former soldier from a lower-class family, Vance sees himself as the spokesman for the downtrodden America from which he grew up. Not only is he radically opposed to abortion, but Vance also criticizes progressive ideas of family which, in his view, encourage "people to shift spouses like they change their underwear." On the other side, Democrat Tim Walz strives to project a different image of the good family man, one who does not hesitate to show a more vulnerable side of himself, like when discussing the fertility problems he faced with his wife Gwen. (Photo by Allison Bailey / AFP) (Photo by ALLISON BAILEY/AFP via Getty Images)

President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Del., Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, to return to Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 5, 2018 former US president Jimmy Carter attends the funeral service for former US president George HW Bush at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. Former US president Jimmy Carter will celebrate his 100th birthday on October 1, 2024. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands watch as lawmakers leave the House of Representatives after voting on an interim spending bill to avoid a government shutdown next week, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., left, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, walks at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Witnesses stand to be sworn-in from left, Dr. Ariel Goldschmidt, Medical Examiner of Allegheny County, Pa. (appearing virtually), Patrick Sullivan, former U.S. Secret Service agent, Lt. John D. Herold of Pennsylvania State Police, Patrolman Drew Blasko of Butler Township Police Dept. , and Sgt. Edward Lenz of Adams Township Police Department and Commander of the Butler County Emergency Services Unit, during a House Task Force hearing on the July 13, 2024 attempted assassination of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Chairman Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., left, greets Ranking Member Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., right, at the first public hearing of a bipartisan congressional task force investigating the assassination attempts against Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, at Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

From left, Sgt. Edward Lenz, Commander of Butler County Emergency Services Unit, Patrolman Drew Blasko of Butler Township Police Department, former U.S. Secret Service agent Patrick Sullivan, and Lt. John Herold of Pennsylvania State Police, arrive to testify at the first public hearing of a bipartisan congressional task force investigating the assassination attempts against Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, at Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)