Chris Cuomo to host NewsNation town hall with JD Vance

Axios reported: Chris Cuomo will moderate a town hall on NewsNation with Senator JD Vance (R-OH) in Detroit on October 24, broadcast on the network and live-streamed exclusively on X, formerly known as Twitter. 

The network has extended a similar invitation to Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

Why it matters: Harris' clearest path to victory runs through the Rust Belt, where former President Trump and Vance have spent significant time campaigning in hopes of peeling away blue-collar voters in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

NewsNation's viewership is roughly split between Democrats (31%), Republicans (35%) and independents (33%), who will all have a presence in the live studio audience.

Viewers will be able to pre-submit questions for Vance on X, where the event will be live-streamed at 8 PM ET.

The big picture: Vance has adopted a "go everywhere" media strategy — venturing into hostile territory far more than Trump — and often spars with the press at his rallies.

At a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Vance told reporters that "no," he does not believe Trump lost the 2020 election.

"Not by the words that I would use, OK?" Vance said, citing "censorship" of the Hunter Biden laptop story by Big Tech companies.