Vice presidential debate live stream on CBS.

Watch Tonight’s Vice Presidential Debate on CBS Live

Watch Tonight’s Vice Presidential Debate on CBS Live

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Oct. 4 2016 7:00 PM

Watch Tonight’s Vice Presidential Debate on CBS Live

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FARMVILLE, VA - OCTOBER 04: The stage is set for tonights vice presidential debate scheduled at Longwood University October 4, 2016 in Farmville, Virginia. Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence is scheduled to debate Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine in the first and only vice presidential debate. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Tim Kaine and Mike Pence—running mates to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, respectively—will meet onstage tonight at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, for their first and only vice presidential debate. The debate begins at 9 p.m. ET and you can watch the whole thing on the CBS live stream above.

Kaine's job is to not screw up his boss' lead. Pence's job is to be everything his boss is not (conservative, stable, not-sniffly) while answering for everything his boss is. Culture war issues that have largely been absent from this campaign—abortion, gay marriage, religious liberty—are likely to come up tonight, given Pence's record on "religious liberty" and Kaine's on abortion. No word on how many harmonicas Kaine will be packing.

Allison Benedikt is Slate’s executive editor. Follow her on Twitter.