FILE: Clinton's running mate Tim Kaine gears up for VP debate After a dramatic week of beauty queens, sex tape allegations and tax leaks, the upcoming US vice presidential debate could feel like a throwback to simpler times. Featuring low-key career politicians, the match-up between Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence in Farmville, Virginia likely won't exude the reality show drama Americans have come to expect in the 2016 presidential election. FILE IMAGES of Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine