Who Are Margaret Brennan and Norah O'Donnell, the VP Debate Moderators?

Margaret Brennan and Norah O'Donnell will be the first female duo to moderate a vice presidential debate.

(Left) In this screengrab, Norah O'Donnell accepts the Outstanding News Anchor award at the 45th Anniversary Gracie Awards on Sept. 10, 2020. (Right) Margaret Brennan at The Plaza in New York City, on May 15, 2019. Getty Images for Women in Media Foundation; Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images

Vice presidential nominees Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will take the stage in New York City on Oct. 1 for the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle, moderated by CBS News’s Margaret Brennan and Norah O'Donnell.

Brennan, the anchor of “Face the Nation,” and O'Donnell, the anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” will be the first female duo to moderate a vice presidential debate.