Vice presidential debate: 3 drinking games to get through the Walz-Vance faceoff

Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are set to debate in New York City Tuesday night.

In standard Presidential elections the vice-presidential debate is not one of the marquee events of the cycle. But the shortened campaign between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump may brighten the spotlight.

The 90-minute debate will be moderated by Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan of CBS. It will be broadcast on the channel and stream on the CBS News app as well as Paramount+ and YouTube.

USA TODAY will also stream the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate Simulcast on the USA TODAY channel, available on most smart televisions and devices.

Here are three drinking games to help you get through the debate.

Spicy USA TODAY Presidential Debate Bingo

While the vice presidential debate bingo game from USA TODAY should be entertaining, here's an option to add some spice to the game:

• Each person receives one USA TODAY bingo card

• A number of shot glasses equal to the number of players are filled with different liquids (hot sauce, pickle juice, alcohol if of age and appropriate, etc.) and numbered

• The first person to reach bingo on the card drinks the first shot glass

• Subsequent bingo callers take the shot that corresponds to the order they call bingo

• The game ends when all players have called bingo

VP Bingo by jtcannon on Scribd

Debate foul, party foul

The rules set by CBS for Tuesday night remain largely in line with the presidential debates that have occurred so far this cycle as mics will be cut, no studio audience will be present and moderators will be able to enforce time limits.

The moderators will not be fact-checking the candidates live, according to the Associated Press, abdicating the duty to the organization's fact-checking website CBS Confirmed and its social media.

Yet it is highly unlikely that the debate will go off without a hitch, and at least one of the candidates will break one of the rules. That's where this game comes in.

For "Debate Foul, Party Foul" each player should have a sipping drink, a shot drink and a designated drink that is particularly foul (hot sauce or Malort, for example).

• Take a sip anytime a participant attempts to speak past their allotted time

• Take a shot anytime a participant attempts to shout over a muted microphone

• Finish the drink in front of you if either participant leaves their podium

• Take a shot of the designated drink if either participant walks off stage

Line by line, sip by sip

Knowledge of political cliches is a double-edged sword in this game, depending on how fast the player wants to drink.

• Each player chooses a political cliché or expected line, such as: "my fellow Americans" or "We the People".

• Players choose a drink and determine an amount of that drink that constitutes a sip.

• Each time the political cliché or expected line spoken, the player drinks.

• The first person to finish the drink wins.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Watching the Walz-Vance VP debate? Try these 3 drinking games