A military truck carries the long-range "Khalij Fars (Persian Gulf)", a supersonic, anti-ship ballistic missile during an annual military parade which marks Iran's eight-year war with Iraq, in the capital Tehran, on September 21, 2012. Iran proudly paraded its military hardware in Tehran under the gaze of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who used the event to again defiantly lash out at the West and Israel. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/GettyImages)
LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 19: Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gestures to the crowd as she walks off stage as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump smiles after the third U.S. presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on October 19, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tonight is the final debate ahead of Election Day on November 8. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
TV monitors in the press room show Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton on stage as they participate in the 2nd debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri October 9, 2016. / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Republican Vice Presidential nominee and running mate Mike Pence(L) speaking during the Midwest Vision and Values Pastors and Leadership Conference at the New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland Heights, Ohio on September 21, 2016,and US Democratic Nominee for Vice President Tim Kaine speaking during the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 27, 2016.
After a dramatic week of beauty queens, sex tape allegations and tax document leaks, the upcoming US vice presidential debate could feel like a throwback to simpler times.
Featuring low-key career politicians who are easily confused, the match-up between Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence in Farmville, Virginia likely won't exude the reality show vibes Americans have come to expect in the 2016 presidential election.
Both VP picks have said their respective running mates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump set a high bar in the first of three presidential debates, which drew a record 84 million viewers.
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MIAMI, UNITED STATES - MARCH 13: Santiago Portal, who migrated from Cuba 50 years ago, displays a sign supporting US Presidential candidate Donald Trump on 8th Street in the Little Havana community during the Calle Ocho Festival on March 13, 2016 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Sean Drakes/LatinContent/Getty Images)
