Vice President Kamala Harris chose a former public school teacher who coached high school football, a veteran who went to college on the GI Bill, and a Democrat who is at home in the Midwest as her running mate. Gov. Tim Walz now joins her on the presidential ticket.

Democrats are eager to introduce Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to the country. He is a veteran who used the GI Bill to get to college, a former public-school teacher who coached high school football, and a two-term governor of a midwestern state with a record of accomplishments on behalf of working-class families.