Meet Tim Walz: Kamala Harris' VP pick who first called Trump 'weird', who had children through fertility treatments and gets car sick

Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota's progressive politician Tim Walz arsenic her moving mate arsenic nan clocked ticked down connected nan deadline aft weeks of speculation. 

Walz was 1 of aggregate contenders that were floated to beryllium nan Democratic vice statesmanlike nominee arsenic Harris mounts her run to return connected Donald Trump and J.D. Vance this November.

He was a favourite among immoderate Democrats for his fierce disapproval of Republicans. He was nan first to commencement calling them 'weird' which past caught occurrence and has been a statement of onslaught from Democrats crossed nan committee successful caller weeks arsenic nan title heats up. 

But Walz was mostly chartless nationally earlier speculation astir him being picked arsenic Harris moving mate began pinch President Biden's exit from nan title past month. 

The 60-year-old father-of-two is simply a erstwhile U.S. congressman, coach and served successful nan Army National Guard. 

Walz was first elected politician of Minnesota successful 2019 and was reelected for a 2nd word successful 2022. 

Prior to that he represented Minnesota's mostly agrarian first legislature territory on nan state's confederate separator successful Congress since 2007. 

Born successful West Point, Nebraska successful 1964, Walz grew up successful a agrarian portion of nan state. His dada was a nationalist schoolhouse administrator. Walz' graduating people successful 1982 had 25 students. 

He received his undergraduate grade from Chadron State College and later a master's from Minnesota State University. 

The politician ended up pursuing successful his father's footsteps arsenic a coach and moreover taught English successful China successful 1989 and tin converse successful Mandarin earlier moving backmost to Nebraska wherever he became a coach and shot coach, taking nan squad to triumph a authorities championship. 

At nan property of 17, Walz besides enlisted successful nan National Guard. He served for 24 years earlier retiring arsenic a master sergeant successful 2005. 

 Walz joined his woman Gwen, besides a coach primitively from Minnesota, successful 1994, and they moved to Mankato, MN a mates of years later. They person 2 children, a girl Hope and boy Gus.

Both of Walz kids were conceived utilizing IVF. The politician has been a vocal protagonist of nan curen arsenic it has gained nationalist attraction amid concerns complete immoderate Republican efforts to artifact it. 

Walz first ran for Congress successful 2006 and unseated an incumbent Republican. During his tenure, he served connected nan Armed Services Committee, Veterans' Affairs Committee and Agriculture Committee. 

He announced he would tally for Minnesota politician successful 2018 aft nan incumbent Democrat announced he would not activity reelection. 

As governor, Walz codified nan correct to abortion, signed cosmopolitan free schoolhouse meals, legalized recreational marijuana and gave voting authorities to erstwhile prisoners.

He is simply a adjacent state of nan LGBTQ+ community, serving arsenic a module advisor to nan first gay-straight confederation astatine nan precocious schoolhouse erstwhile he was a coach and later arsenic politician pinch efforts to prohibition 'conversion therapy' for youths successful nan state. 

As nan 2024 title heated up and his sanction was floated arsenic a imaginable moving mate for nan vice president, Walz appeared for a bid of interviews to take sides Democrats and taking connected Republicans. 

The 60-year-old is credited pinch being nan personification who started nan inclination of calling Republicans 'weird' for their actions and policies. 
 

He doesn't portion intoxicant aliases coffee, he is simply a immense instrumentality of Diet Mountain Dew and was arrested for DWI successful Nebraska successful 1995, earlier he discontinue drinking, according to nan Star Tribune.

The insubstantial besides reported that Walz rides successful nan rider spot erstwhile he is connected charismatic work because he gets carsick successful nan backseat. 

The prime to bring Walz onto nan Democratic summons was a welcomed by progressives and could thief Democrats statement up Minnesota arsenic they attraction efforts connected nan 7 different battleground states. 

Minnesota voted for Hillary Clinton 1.5 percent complete Donald Trump and 4 years later widened nan bluish to reddish ratio by voting 7.1 percent for Biden complete nan erstwhile president.

The authorities is considered to beryllium a 'lean Democrat' for nan 2024 election, according to Cook Political Report.